Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-02-02

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GENERAL CAPITAL NOTES.
The sick / n town are all about well.
IS. g. Stephens 10 teaching the
Presbyterian mission school here in
town.
Been considerable "whitc mule"
round the past week and more shoot
ing than has been before since council
convened last November.
The wife of Joe Heinrich, the shoe
maker, died Sunday evening about
dark. This makes thirteen who have
died here since November.
Brother Dave Aliens meetings are
attended every night by crowds. The
church is packed to its utmost capAc-
ity. Deep interest is manifested an d
growing. A number profess q change.
The meetings win continue this week.
1.-THE remains of A. f. Rose,
who died last week were buried
here. The young widow, who is
in delicate health, with her baby
will soon go to her fathers family
on the old Brady farm above the
mouth Of Grand river.
On Sunday a boy about Is years
old was playing, or rather fooling with
a dynamite explosive cap--such as are
used in blasting. He was digging out
! the contents with his knife when IL ex-
ploded, tearing of the ends OF three
fingers aud thumb on one hand and
shooting the empty shelf and the knife
both into his leg making q terrible
cash.
Rev. Miller, Presbyterian, has
commenced a protracted meeting.
He thinks there are signs Of an
unusually deep religious feeling
in his congregation, and he pro-
poses to hold special services
every night this week. Rev. Da-
vid Allen is assisting, and other
preachers are expected.
Two or three of the guards who
went from here after escaped convicts
got back Sunday but brought no pris-
oners. They report that about ten
men under Riddle Benge, sheriff OF Ill
inois district, surrounded and charged
the house OF Stcater, the murderer,
near Dwight Mission. Saturday night.
Two Of the sheriff's men, Jack Candy
aud Ned Hair, were killed and one man,
one woman and one boy in the house
were shot and killed. The prisoners
all escaped.
Several teams started on
election day for Cooweescoowee
district taking loads of voters
who wanted to aid in electing a
delegate to the lower house in re-
sponse to Chief Mayes' proclama-
tion for an election to fill vacan-
cy caused by there having been
tie at the August election. They
went to Riverside precinct, and re-
turning before bed time, reported
up to the time Of their leaving, not
one vote had been cast for the Ma
tional candidate. On their way
back here they passed eight voters
who were going over to help the
Nationals out.
Among the noticeable and no.
table personages moving about
pretty thick among the members
might be seen Tom Hutton and Ed.
Hewins, representing the great
cattle syndicate, and one Johnson,
from Elk county, Kansas, who is
here in the interests of a company
called the Fort Smith, Eldorado,
and Northwestern railroad CON-
pany. They propose to run a
railroad from Fort Smith via Tah-
lequah and Chouteau, and SO on
northwest leaving the territory at
the extreme northwest corner of
the Cherokee nation. This same
company also proposes to lease
the great salt plain and to pay to
the Cherokee nation S1.00 for
every ton Of salt made, as fixed by
act Of congress.
Thursday night there was an.
other Jail delivery. The negro
murderer, Jeff Thompson, from
Illinois district, under sentence of
death by hanging on the 14th of
March next for killing his brother,
dug through the floor OF his cell,
into a ditch which runs under the
Jail and up through a rotten floor
into the hall, from whence he dug
out and crawled through at the
same place where eleven escaped
last November. Before going out
he pried off the big door to the
room in which all the rest of the
prisoners were, and all could easi-
ly have escaped, but only two
chose to make use Of this chance
for liberty. One Of them is the
Creek under sentence for horse
stealing, from Illinois district, and
the other a Cherokee, John Bray.
from Saline imprisoned for
larceny. Next morning the guards