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Serions Ouvres* o? tbe Creefcs aod Choctaws . . - ,. ij"... Mnakogee, I. T, *?ao 24-Tb* Creek uprising )V growrag to-danger - otfrproportion? Harsh*! Bennet U balk joe* r?'ceired a telegram from Bristow I T/announcing shat 600 aiaaed Creek a, stationed two mites - fro? *b*r? s re preparing-Jo attack th? town, and pleadiug for protection from Hie mars hal. Marshal Beor et ?nd Agent Sboen felt are a wear i Bg io large number* of depotiea whom they are forwarding to tb? scene of trouble It ia now feared ?bey will reach the town too late sod the mayor of Bristow bas been instructed -to swear in all the men necessary to protect tbe town Tbe soldiers are being harried from Fort Ceno to the sest of trouble; bot they will not reach Bristow before tomorrow night, as they will arrive at Henrietta first and go overland Indian Agent Shoenfelt will ask for mete heip, and it is found that one compaoy of cavalry cannot handle tbe situation, for tbe Indians are di vid iag vp into band? of one honored. Marshal Bennett with six deputies ia a bo ot to leave for Eufaola wbere Ezra ?nake was seen today and will attempt to capt ore bim. The Snake band ia within three miles of Bristow and is reported to have whipped two white men The Dawes commission is feerfnt for tbe safety of its party of appraisers, beaded by Representa ti ve Hackbost of Leavenworth. Kan , who are in tbe Wetompka district -Nothing bas been heard from them for two days THE CHOCTAWS IN REVOLT Sooth McAlester. I T , Jan 24 - The disaffected Choctaws have a nomber of Creek Snakes among them and they have been quietly orgaoiz ing and arming for some time. They cali themselves the Choctaw Snakes It ia stated that the Shakes have planned to destroy al! the railroads in their nation "by burning bridgea and section bouses on a preconcer^-* night They have deposed Govx Dake and issued an order to all ci ti zena to cease leasing: or renting to whites The first offense they will posish with 50 lashes, they say , ears will be cot off for the second and death for the third They have organized and have ieaders in every Choctaw county and claim to have a jM^aseSnbersbip of 2.300. United States Marshal Grady has sent tbe leaders word that arrests will follow the Srst violation of the law There will be a meeting of the fail bloods Saturday PLANT'S MILLIONS IN COURT. I Kc? York, January 22-The bear? ing of tb* suit brought bj M re. Mar gares J Plas: to upset the validity cf the codicii to lbs vsVA cf ber husband. Henry B Plant, the railroad magnate, w?>o left as e-ta?e valued a: ?17.000, 00?. was resumed this afternoon. After a long ox ?misaron Mrs Piaot was orras examinsd by Lewis Casse Lsdward, of cour.ee! for the dsfeodaots, the executors under her husband's viii Mrs Pi?nt testified to certaio cor? respondexvee bftweeo herself and Robt | G. Brain, one o? the defendants, who j had been her husband's Southern law i yet. j Mrs Plarrt retold the 6tcry of the I visit of Judge Harrisoo and Mr Ertvin | to the Pia.it home, in ?his city, the dav after ber husband's death, and how .-b.; ! was iodaeed to give up ;o ihem ber i basbaod'.- wilt as? a Dumb? r or boo^ < | aod MOortties sh.e iad ia her po:seisio:; j '.I 9?S compfefeiy 5rok?ts up.'*' ehe j sa"?d. ''aheo they esme int > my bouse j tbat morling and I did not notice ! whether anything -ras written co the back of thc envelope ccn?ai?icg th? will." Tbs day ofter th A f-jjnerJ a; New Haven shs attendre! a meering cf the executors at Judge Harrison's oS^e Judge Ha~r8?oo had said there was no Dccaeio'j to read the wi;!, as it had bees read before The pc::Tiou for the pro? bate of the will in the Connecticut Cour? 3ti? th^wa erv and she read tba Bead f'f toe du-satBest. wr.-icb s^&tfd ;hat Mr Plan: wi? a resident cf Cort Mra P?an- said she big jed the p*per, re'ying OD Mr Erwin, and tba? she did oct g'gn it io New Ycri: on the sex'' day Mrs Plant ttsid thai while she wa? io Judge Harrison's o2be in Nr-w Haven be went our to loot for Judge Cieve ?aod, tbe prcbafe judge, but returned without fl2??22 him Ho .?'--id be bad orevious?y *-e?j> Jndze Cieviiaod cu that day abcur Mr Plant's residence. "He said/' a?de? Mrs Plant, "that Judge Cleveland was very undecided the poi<-.i, aod WM a very hard man to coBviooe. and wonld not obaoge tbe residence noni be was perfectly satisSad bat Mr Plant bad become a resident af New York. An adjournment was then taken antil Fridaj morning - mm ~mm~ Manila. Ja? 24 - Gen. MacArthur baa ordered the deportation to the United Sutes of George T. Rice, editor of The Daily Bolletin, a marine journal Rice will sail on the Penn? sylvania next Monday The order characterises him as "a dangerous isceadtaiy aod a menace to the mili ?ary ?Hasta? " I i NEWS ?TEMS. The Creek Todito* of tb? Iodise Territory have takeo the isw into their owD banda ?od are oaa*iog tron?le. President Kruger is oac agaio sod it ob the tray to Utrecht A severe atom baa visited Alaska aud caused cbaob damage Tbe safe eraokers vre at it agaio. Thiazide they secare shoat $1,500 io ?orsoto?. 8. ? A Tsonestee farmer waa killed aod robbed of a large tam of money, near Jackson, Teas, yesterday. Tea atttdeoti of Iowa State Univer? sity have beeo- suspended for k ido ap piog tbe presideot of the Freshman class. Empress Frederick, of Germany, is seriously ill. The Philippine commission bas passed so sot estsbiinbieg pa bl ia gobo ol io th? Philippines. The detectives are bot oo the parsoit of the man who robbed Bass Fraser's fattier of $500 and hope to captare him shortly. England's Dew king was boro lo 1841. aod so will be 60 years old io the year of his coronation.-Angosta Chronicle. An old veteran of the Union Army bas sent ?5 to help towards the Soldiers Home in Atlanta A large n ember of deaths bave occurred in England from drinking poisoned beer and a commission bas been appointed to investigate the matter. M rs Nation yesterday wrecked a saloon at Enterprise, Kan , and prom ises to visit Abiiioe today. The deadiock for U S Senator is stili on in Delaware aod Nebraska. Atlanta bas elected a police mat ron to attend to female prisoners. Fire destroyed a block in the busi ness part of Mullina, S. C , yesterday, loss $6,000 Congressman J. W Bailey was elected U S Senator on Wednesday by the Texas Legislature Incendiaries made several uosuc .^S3fnl and one successful attempt \v 'rn houses in Florence Tuesday. Mr\i S. Rose's barn and stable? and al? the contents, including a valuable horse, were burned. Montreal, C&??Z&Z. had a three miiiion dollar ure V > Jaeeday night. , A British boat bas been bumed by Yeaesaela? seamen. Mr. Bryan's paper, th? Commoner, mace its appearance yesrcrJ . ;. A workman -was crushed to death on der aD Atlanta street car yesterday. The Mayor cf New York refused to iowir ihs fi^2 oo the city ha!l in respect ! to Qjccn Victoria There is an undertaker in Kansas i by the name of Phil Graves And tbat s no josa John D Rockefeller has agrec-c tc give ?15,000 to Carsoc and Newman College, cf Mossy Creek. Tran, pro video tte trustees raise ?50.000 addi tocal b; 1905 President J T. Henderson is already at work co the additions! amount and savs- he has atoa' hali of is pledged Carson and 1 Newest is a B?p'is? College, co-ed asa ! tioLci, eappcrrcd by the Baptists pf ! Eist Teooesies. is bas about 390 j students. The Raleigh News and Observar thinks ?hat the asr-eemeat of some of tbe miii moa of North Carolina te 5x the hours of labor ia their mills at six i iy-?:s cedars a week "would be a sub? stantial improvement on the t*elve h.^r rysiem in vogue ia somo milis.r T?ij country, it is noted, "is fa?sr?cg fi om a form of European 2 -o 71 The Philippines, it w to ?ie j ~uf.-u-r.ed. are suffering from a fores of j American crip -News aod Courier. i Kin? Eiward oou'd make a fire j b^gi-;cio? for hil rei?a hy calling off tho dogs of 57sr in ibo African Repub? lic -News and Courier. The chief jastice cf Delaware ? opposed to aho?i-Ding the wnippicg post j in his S!a:e, because if they did ir j woold bo overrun by criminal A j little baiiitvi:i like that couldn't ftand tnuob of a crowd Instead of too m cob. be ibio^s there isn't whionin? j co'?ugh ir? ths Srate and wa:)'s to have j wife wbippsrs ioc?ude? -W?miegtoa j Star. j Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota j was defeated for reelection Wed nea lay by Robert J Gamble. -?o- ar? - Reoorts Exaggerated Omaha, Neb , Jan 25 -Gen Lee i tonight received a telegraphic re ? port from L:ect Dixon, cornai anding the troops of cavalry sect to the scene of the Creek Indian troubles Be states that he has hot yet made a full investigation, but ha1* learned enough to warrant bis saying that the reports of an uprising have been greatly exaggerated Thus far he baa encountered no Indians and from civilians he learns that there has been no violence on the part of the Indians I and he anticipated none The re port from Lieut Dixon comes from Henrietta, which piace he reached before noon - man -mmmm The Brooklyn man whowe wife wants a divorce because he objects to having ber dog sleep with them ought U?> get a few pointers from Sid^^^rew on bow to settle tho doi TES COMMON SCH OOI Mr Jobo P Tboma*, Jr. of R Und, baa introduced -a bill "to cha the law iu regard to county board education aod county supering eots of education," wbicb ia accord witb the views of State per i n ten dent M cM ah an aa expr?s in bia annual report The bil. ii follows : Section I That in Joly, 1902, State board of education, upon joint recommendation of tbe gover and the State superintendent of e cation, ?ball appoint for each coo io the State, a county board of e cation, consisting of fife mernot two to serve for two years, two serve for fooryeare and one to ?e for six years, and until their resp? ive successors bave- been elected t qualified Tbe successors of said members of the said coot board eh al j be chosen by the elect of the county for a term cf six ye each, two at the general election 1904, and every six yearfe thereaft two at the general election in 19* and every six years thereafter ; a at the general election in 1908, a every six years thereafter : Provide however, That candidates for thc positions shall not be assessed in a primary elections Vacancies sh be f?iled by the county board of ec cation itself, until the next gene election Sec 2 That each member of t county board of education shall i ceive for ?Itendance on its meeting $3 per diem, and 5 cents for ea mile of necessary travel going to a from the meetings, for not more th ten meetings in any one year, t per diem and mileage to be paid I the county treasurer out of the or< nary fonds of the county, upon ti warrants of the chairman of the boar audited and approved as other conn claims Sec 3 That the county board education of each county, appos?t* as herein provided, shall meet at organize by electing one of its mee bers chairman and another secrets] pro tem, and shall thereafter exercii all the rights, privileges, powers ar duties now devolved by law ape the present county board of educ tion and county superintendent \ education of said county severally ( jointly, and may use the seal no used by the county superintendent i education until a new seal shall c provided by the board of count commissioners Sec 4 That the county board < education of each county shall pr< vide expert supervision for tb schools of the count}7, and for foi purpose shall employ a man ekille in the science and art of teac'nin j and of school management, who sha supervise all the schools of the cour ty, instruct the teachers, counsel th trustees, assign teachers to tb schools for which the boards c trustees have not employed teachei by July 1st of each year, ana sha further serve as secretary of th j county board make for it its report required by the State superintendes cf education, and perform such ethe duties on behalf of the said board a it shall impose Sec 5 Thai the said superintend er.t of schools employed by th j county board of education, shall de ! vole bis entire time to the inspection j supervision, care and management o the schools and the school interest of the county, under the direction o the county board of education, th? State board of education, and tm State superintendent of education and in compensation for his servicei shalt receive such salary as the coon ty board of education may ha vi fixed, not to exceed $1.500 a year to be paid by the county treasure; upon warrants of the chairman o the county board of education audited and approved as other count? ? claims j Sec 6 That the present count) boards of education and counts superintendents of education shall bt superceded and their offices abolisbec as soon as the boards herein provided for. shall meet and orgaui' * : Provi ded. however, That l .. county superintendent of education of eacfc county shall make to the State superintendent of education thc annual report required by law for the school year 1901 and 1902. and upon a certificate from the State superin? tendent of education that such repor! ? has been made satisfactorily, shall bc ! paid by the board of county com j missioners the full salary for s hf j remainder of the term for which he ? was elected j Sec 7 That ali acts and parts o i acts inconsistent wiro ibis act be and j the same are hereby repealed . Thc more liquor one drinks thc j more he contributes to the state gov : ernment ] 'To contribute to the support o j thc State government is one of the I highest duties of citizenship and ii I an evidence of patriotism ' Patriotism is the highest glory o: an American citizen "All this being true, it is only ir South Carolina th*t one can truly be 6*id ever to be 'gloriously drunk ; M - Darlington News Washington, Jan. 23.- Senator Pettigrew today introduced a r?solu lion calling upon the secretary of war for information as to whether A Mabiui, a citizen of the Phillippine islands, bas been deported to Guam r or to any other place as a political refugee I A^m^n^i^^ ?tm BL Reflections o? a Baobelor, No mia ever get? a good ?des af baw a woman is dresieddoti! th* atan di up. There se Ter w?s ? wo tn aa's sote of eocgratelatico to a KIO that r?ally meant ?oj tb io g. A man doeeo-t lore a woman enough unless he lores her enoagb to hurt bar feelings once in a white. If everybody preached What he practiced nobody in the world would consider aorhody elie respectable. Trying to fix ap a quarrel between two woven ii like trying to sharpen a lead pencil with a can opener. After a girl has. had three love affairs her heart ts. as tender le a boiled turnip. If women were ali bald they would probably still buy hairpins so they would hare tbezn to put in their mouths. The main disadvantage about being married is tbit a mao never dire? to brag any nore about what his ideal woman is like It doesh't take a girl long to get over rho idea that she is oot going to let a mao put bis arm around ber till they get married -New York Press TO R?PEL"T?TE"INVADER. Mrs Nation threatens to pay Kansas City a visit and tbe saloon keepers of tbat thriviog village talk of organising a sooiety tor mutual protection -Mont gomery Advertiser. Verdi is Dead. Rom?, Jan 26.-A special dispatch to the Patria aononnoes that Verdi, tbe composer, is dead. Manila, Jan. 23 -Gen Mac? Arthur bas ordered a dozen or more natives to be taken on board the Solace, perparatory to their deporta? tion They are charged with being insurgent abettors and agitators who swore allegiance to the United States for the pnrpose of facilitating revolo ?ionary operations. Brussels, Jan 21.-According to tbe Petit Bleu, bubooic plague is ragicg among the British troops in Cape Colony, and many deaths tbat are attributed to enteric fever and dysen? tery are really due to plague. Hazelton, Pa, Jan 21-The 1,200 men employed at the Lattimer colliery of G Pardee & Co. struck today because of the allegbd unwarranted r.isobarge of two drill monars sod tho con? pan v's refusa! to reinstate them Fra-fcfc;rr, Jan 25 -Biron Wijbelm ron K^ibscbiid, bead of thc bar-king 6CUJ of that nun?, died *r noon today. Dir!ingto:\, Jan 25 -There are ll oa?es of ema?pox about ?V2 miles from tbs town of Diriir-groo among colored reop'e who lire cs rbe Timmonsrilie road Oharie??:>-<, Jan 25 -J.^senb fi. Perrin?, chief clerk of tbs city asses? sor's deDarirneiH. was f ned dead in his bed at 7 30 (relock this racking. Cripp'e Creek is the greatest gold j camp in this country, and ils prct?uc j iion is very grent The core of the j ! gold country tiiere is u strip ol i j ground six ro: 1 ss iong by three miles I broad Out of this eompfcraiively small area of ground $30,000.000 in gold vt ill be taken ibis year. As the West Point cadets hissed a ? congressman for suggesting by hie question that a witness hada cori . i vement memory, it will not do to ex - j press any doubt as to the sincerity of i their professed abandonment of baz j ing -Angula Chronicle I At the wedding of Miss Aka j Rockefeller the health cf the bride I was drunlr ooiy in lemonady and i mitral waler ! The man who can arrest Pat ! Crowe and pocket ?518,000 in rewards i wiii have made a fair start on the j road lo fortune j Rev George W Unkie, a Pennsyl j vania pieacher, who has just c?l?brai j ed h?3 76th birthday, bas been j preaching for 50 xcmrs, and wo:;id j never accept pay Good old uncle, i Two weftks of ti:e legislative p.^s ' pion i*re gone and prac?ic?i?ly r:oth 1 ii:g bys hero) don:; There is t;o pro \ bability of .the session being shorter j than forty . days and oo danger that j it will be longer for that is the limit I for which p;:y can be drawn and i stfttehoueii in tfcese practical days do j not work without p?*y -Nev/berry Herald and News Woaae.ts'a college* were inversed to j enable giri.-, to iorgtr bo?? to cook batted A Thousand Tongues i Could rio; express thc rapture ot" Annie 12, [Springer,*; ?25 Howard ?*t, Philadelphia ! ?a.. when she found lhat i>r. King'? New Dis } covery for Consumption bad coaip?cieiy cured j ber of a backing cough tb:?: !~<T many years j had in.ide life a burden. 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