Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-01-05

daughters in Dukes letters are shameful
Some OF these letters will be presented whel
the trial comes on.
The police Of Trenton, NJ j., report tina
Jacob and william Rusk drowned themselve
In canal there to escape arrest on charge o
stabbing Oficer Jarvis, Of Philadelphia
Marcus Pike, of New York, aged eighteen
picked up toy pistol, and in playful man
ner pointed it at his married sister, Annil
McKeon. An explosion followed. and tn
woman was shot fatally
The main building Of the Somerset Fibel
Company at Fairfield, Maine. burned recently
A huge digester heated BY the hames ex
ploded, throwing the machine In all dircc
tions. John Pooler was killed By the falling
Of an iron pipe. Loss, $4,000; insured.
Twelve hundred hrms and individuals Of
New York City have signed . protest td
Congress against the passage OF the Bankrupt
act
A fire at North Attleboro, Mass, recently
destroyed $4,000 worth Of property.
Christian Timman, who rescued two girls
on the occasion of the late Calendar Building
fire at Providence, Rhode Island, wss called
to the Mayors Office one day last week, and
made the recipient Of purse OF money az
gregating SS75, while the father Of ono Of the
girls gave him suit of clothes
Two children, OF Meriden, Conn.,, aged
eleven and eight years, acknowledge that they
placed an obstruction on the track recently,
to wreck the New York passenger train, and say
they did 90 because an cmploye OF the road
drove them on the the track.
Nelson Raymond, Of Worcester, Mass-, aged
sixteen years, VIII le playing with revolver,
killed his brother Joseph, aged ten years.
rms wEsr.
The operators OF the Massilon, Ohio, dis
tr.ct coal mines have agreed to reduce the
price OF mining from ninety-dve to eighty-fve
cents . ton, and have appointed committee
to confer with the miners.
Henry c. Kissell, City Treasurer Of Tucson,
Arizona, and agent OF the Budweiser Beer
Company OF St. Louis, has gone to Mexico, q
for g. 100. The city, the Budweiscr
company and several parties are the losers.
At Pioneer, Cal, few days since. William
Hartley stepped up 10 the bar Of saloon to
take drink, when Thomas Kerr. without
knocked him down, and drawing
q pistol shot him dead. Kerr was disarmed,
and jury Of twelve held an informal trial.
Kerr asked for an hours time to ar
range his business, sat down and with per-
feet GOODNESS wrote to his mother at Lexing-
ton, ILL.,, requesting all his effects to be given
10 her, and then asked for several drinks. The
citizens then took him out 10 sycamore tree,
when he requested that his boots be taken OF
as be did not wish to die with his boots on.
he was then promptly hanged
Peter DesYaron, . carpenter, Of Rockford,
W. T., recently shot his wife and himself
through the head. Cause, jealousy.
Mcssers. Harris and Watson, men of ex'
perience in the newspaper business, and hav-
ng capital, have been In consultation with
Capt. Payne, at the Office OF the Oklahoma
,olony in Wichita, Kas. They design ac-
the Oklshoma colony from that
,oint on the 6rst day Of FelsuaEy- next, and
MI establish new paper called the Okidho-
ma War Chief The first two numbers will be
published in Wichita, the next number upon
he territory line, and the next and all subse-
luent publications from the Oklahoma town
lite on the North Canadian River. These
gentlemen II IL reported, have already obtained
bout 100 subscribers tor their paper. Payne
ays that there a'e now 10000 wagons ready
O start for Oklahoma.
Chris. Hanson, OF Lebanon, Mo-, aged
bout thirty years, blacksmith few months
lirect from Denmark, died recently from the
fleets Of spree, during which be drank
lalf pint OF alcohol st one drink. lie left
900 which he brought with him from the old
ountry.
The Chicago Lumbermcn's Exchange, in their
monthly meeting recently. dccidedt TO continue
he old price-list, except for joist and scantling
wo by six inches, twelve TO fourteen feet,
rhich were reduced In price el.00.
President Morse, of the Kansas City Fat
tock Show, has rejected Msssrs. A. B.
fafthcws, William Epperson and N. r. Platt
. the Executive Committee, which committee
hall have charge Of the dctails OF the duty Of
laking the arrangements for the show. It Is
roposcd that special premiums, bcridcs the |
rgular ones, be given, and that these awards |
e arranged for the different States and Ter |
tories ~ follows: Iowa, Kansas, Wyoming,
Colorado, Mexico, Texas and the
indian Territory.
eeret. Rufus, formerly Of the sixth Cavalry, |
ommitted suicide at Fort Lowell Arizona,
scently, shooting himself with = carblne In |
be presence Of the company. He was eradu- |
te OF West Point, and formerly Lieutenant |
the Sixth Cavalry. He was compelled 10 re- |
gn on account Of drunkenness and misconduct. |
he suicide IL attributed to drink
Vim. Walton, coal miner at West Belle
lie, H., the other morning shot dane MI
ourn because she would not marry him, and |
,en shot himself. Both died almost Instantly.
John Parry, bookkeeper for Beser3dge 4
ewey, private bankers Of Chicago, has been
lrcsted on the charge Of forgery 10 the cx-
mt Of 400, BY . system Of fraudulent
,ccks, In collusion with . bartender In .
rye saloon. The bartender vas not arrest
| The senior member Of the fm Il n ex-
overnor Of Illinois,
Three weeks ago. young man IN Monroe
ounty, Mo-. named Grahen got married and
ok his wife 10 his mothers house TO live. A
,uneer brother viewed the marriage with
-eaf disfavor, and after brooding over the
after two weeks he rose from bed early one
ornine last week. and without dress-
z, went 70 his brothers. room- shot
ID killed him while asleep BY his wife's side, |
d then fed; but, IN few hcun later. ~
rncd aud surrendered 10 the authorities.
treats Of lynching the murderer were made,
Il IN investigation developed The fact that
G Young man was insane II
The Cincinnati brewers refuse to join the
Iicago and Nilwaukee brewcu in advancing
Z ur1c< o{ beer one dollar per barrel and the