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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
MISLEADING REPORTS.

The Press Reports of the Ocnla Conven-
tion Were Calculated TO Convey False Inn
preRsions.
Upon reading the various press re-
ports OF the late Alliance convention
held at Ocala, Fla, one is az once struck
with the idea that the Alliance is very
much at variance within itself and hope
lessly divided upon basic principles and
vital and leading issues and demands.
All through such press reports there Is
apparent labored effort 10 make IL APP
pear that every resolution before the
convention was stubbornly contested,
and that every policy and demand in
dorsed and adopted was opposed by a
minority but little less than one-half
the numerical strength Of the eonven-
tion. Why do these reports convey this
impression? Because In every instance
In which vote was taken the manipnlat-
ors of these press reports added seventy
votes or more TO the minority reporti
and the Alliance, Industrial and all
other friendly papers have copied these
press reports, without hesitation or
proper examingtion, and have thus AS
sisted in spreading a false impression
which they would have been far from
indorsing had they been aware of what
they were doing.
Thus. as stanch an independent paper
as the Chicago sentinel, in the course Of
Its account of the Ocala convention,
says:
4 vote on the sub. treasury bill stood 90 for
TO 20 against
While the splendid and true blue Al
lance paper, The Industrial Age, says:
Colonel Livingston, OF Georgia, offered
resolution amending the first section OF the
demands so that the volume Of currency
issued should not be less than SO per capita
OF the entire population. which was agreed
20.
Other speeches were made and the de-
manus OF the National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union were finally adopted
by a vote OF 20 10 20.
Now the vote as given in the Chicago
Sentinel is Just 90 more votes than the
convention could legally east, while the
vote given in the Industrial Age is ex-
actly double the actual vote upon the
demand spoken Of. The actual vote was
as follows:
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
ESCAPED CUSTER's FATE.

The Late Fight with the Indians Came
Near Being a second Custer Massacre.
PINE RIDGE. ). D., Jan. sit is evi-
dent that the Seventh cavalry barely es-
capped the tragic fate of Custer in the
battle Of White Clay creek. The troops
had passed the Catholic Mission and
were dismounted in the big valley, one
and one-half miles wide just beyond
the school. At the end of this valley
is canyon, not over seventy
five feet wide and 800 yards
long. opening into a circular park. II
was the object OF the Indians 10 draw
the troops into this small valley. The
soldiers were getting ready to make "a
rush on foot for the top Of the Hill when
the cry arose that they were surrounded.
Advancing now in one. now in another
direction on either side of the valley,
they found themselves opposed each
time by from 200 800 Indians. Soon the
hin began 10 swarm with from SEQ 10
.. 600 warriors. and in twenty minutes
more the tIagedy would have begun,
when the untiring Ninth rode in. as
they rode before at the time OF the
Meeker massacre, attacking furiously
the rear of the savage horde, scattering
them in every direction. Before the
enemy could rally from their confusion,
the boys in blue withdrew to Pine Ridge
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08

The Bankers Monthly which surely
would not overestimate the matter. In
speaking OF the farm mortgages in six
of our best States, gives the amount
carried by each as follows; Kansas,
S285, 900. 0O9; Indiana, s645. 600. 600; Iowa,
s567, 600, 900; Michigan. $500. 0O0. 600; Wis
consin. s357, 100000; Ohio, 81. .l27. 200. 600.
Here are mortgages on the farms OF
only six States aggregating s., 4Si, ,0O0.-
600, the interest on which at six per
cent amounts to over 5000, 600. 600. Now
the whole production of gold and silver
in the United States per year is not half
enough TO pay the interest on the farm
mortgages Of six States And yet these
same bankers are demanding the de-
struction Of treasury notes, the demone-
tization Of silver and the establishment
Of gold standard. Nor are our bank
ers alone in this demand: the boss
politicians in both Republican and
Democratic parties are trying 10 bring
about the same state Of affairs. And
the farmer, what is he doing? Well. he
is economizing, cursing the ring politi-
clans and voting the old party ticket
Pacific Union.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
SHAMEFUL.
Government Discrimination in Favo. Of
National Banks Both Criminal and Dis
graceful

Government Discrimination In Favo. Of
National Banks Both Criminal and Dis
graceful.
In the report of the Comptroller of
the Currency il is stated that there tire
in the United States 3,567 National
banks, with an average capital of $3.50,
Az, ,235, surplus S213, ,563. sos and untli-
vided profits s97, ,006, CSC. 1t must be
borne in mind that every dollar OF this
vast amount of money is the Legitimate
property of the people. and that ty
giving il 10 the above institutions the
act is equal in criminality to that Of the
highway robbers when he halts the
citizen and ordering him to throw MP
his hands goes through his pockets at
the point of the pistol. Nay, worse; for
the highwayman does not ask that he
be paid for the trouble of rob
bing the citizen; the National banker
does; he asks that he be paid inter
est on ON the amount of security,
he deposits with tha Government foi.
the trouble of rifiing the pockets
of his fellow-citizens in the difference
between one per cent and ave per
cent, or, in other words, the difference
between the amount of interest paid 10
the National banks by the people for
the use of their own money, and that
which they would have to pay the Gov
ernment for the same privilege. Rob
beryl Can any one conceive of a greater
crime against a generous and confiding
people priding themselves on being a
commonwealth Nice business this for
a Government presuming TO guide the
destinies Of 65. 600, 900 Of people. Not to
speak II profanely, one would think
that in this larceny-as il deserves to
be characterized-"som eats part
of the hog, and who would that some
body be but--to their eternal shame
the Government officials themselves
Pacific Union.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
THE Trade oF 1890.
Dun's Report shows II to Have Been In
precedented In Volume.

Dun's Report shows II to Have Been TN
precedented In Volume.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3-R &. Dun & Co. 3
Weekly Review of Trade SAYS: The
new year opens with so much OF uncer-
tsinty that there is a natural disposition
ID dwell upon the crowning records Of
the year just closed, which show an ex-
aordinary volume Of business, in
many lines surprising all precedent
Iron, cotton, leather, boot and shoe and
meat productions were larger than in
any previous year. Thus 2.2l0,3l2 cattle
were slaughtered at Chicago, against
/, 763, $40 in 1899, gain of 25 per cent
and 5,7s3, 0s2 hogs, against 4,2ll,767 in
1889, gain Of SO per cent At Boston
8. 535,2l1 cases OF boots and shoes were
shipped against g. 399 $50, gain Of :
per cent The clearing house exchanges
show that the volume of all business in
1890 exceeded that of any previous year
by at least 10 per cent, though in part
this increase was due TO the higher
range of prices during the greater part
of the year The advance in prices Of
all commodities, compared with a year
ago, is &C per cent, and the average
has been about IS per cent higher for
eight months.
The reports from other cities are al
most uniformly confident in tone and
indicate a good volume and fair eondi-
tion Of trade. The South rejoices in
great crops and wonderful manufacture
ing growth and for the moment no great
financial pressure, good holiday trade
and hrirhf hnnes
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
Let the Good work Go On,

The most remarkable feature abou.
the independent movement in politics
by the farmers of Kansas and thu
Northwest is the almost complete ab-
sence of well-known men in the new
departure, also the infnitesimal amount
Of money used. It seems to have been
a genuine uprising of what Abraham
lincoln used TO call the common pso-
pie" When the rank and file of The
farmers and laborers in the country ex-
ert themselves in patriotic effort in
purifying politics. former favorites, old
methods and corrupt practices are
thrown 70 the winds II the people
win do the work, money is not required
TO pay ''heelers- and bosses Where
the Australian ballot system is in vogue,
and the State furnishes the one official
ballot, even the expense of printing bal
lots is not required. Let the go1d work
go on.-Fafm and Home.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08

Tho Fiffh Avenue Thrater and Many Other
Buildings Destroyed-slE firemen ite-
| ported Killed.
NEW YoRK, Jan. 8.-Tifteen minutes
or so after Fanny Davenport, In the
character Of Cleopatra, had left the
boards Of the Fifth Avenue Theater and
the audience had passed out of the
broadway and Twenty-eighth street en-
frances last night watlhman ran out
OF the theater screaming ire A few
seconds later fire engines were dashing
up Broadway and until nearly o'clock
this morning still more detachments
were responding 10 additional signals
for help.
What was at FIRST believed 10 be Il
false alarm proved 10 be one that de-
stroyed a whole block upon Broadway,
besides the Fifth Avenue Theater Herr
mann's new play house and a dozen
stores and threatened the Sturtevant
House, on the east side Of broadway
between Twenty-eighth and Twenty
ninth streets.
The fire had been burning less than
half an hour before the flames shot
through the roof, causing the widest
CONSERVATION among the guests Of the
Brewer House on the northeast corner
and the Sturtevant House. The shower
of sparks which covered the pavement
Of Broadway also set fire to the avn
ings Of the latter and communicated To
Hermann's Theater. To add TO the con-
fusion there were six explosions IN the
Fifth Avenue Theater, which blew tho
rafters sky high, and these set fire to
the roof Of the buildings surrounding.
The first OF the series Of explosions
which are thought to have been caused
by the bursting of gas tanks, came very
near being serious affair for a dozen
or more firemen under the leadership
of Battalion Chief McCabe, who were
working in the auditorium of the Fifth
Avenue Theater.
There were several lively scenes in
the Brewer House, but there was no
panic The front of the Fifth Avenue
is of iron and as the beams vanished IL
was feared it would fall out and crush
Evarards bath house on the south side
of Twenty-eighth street, but the walls
are still standing.
According to the Herald six fremen
lost their lives by the fire in the Herr
mann Theater. The Herald story is as
follows: six hremen had gone
through Herrmann's Theater TO the
roof and had just succeeded in hosting
length Of hose up when the furnace
opened directly at their feet. Five
of them could not be seen from
the street, but one stood outlined
against the sea of fame that rose from
the burning buildings A shout was
made for scaling ladders by the tiremen
ON broadway, but before they could be
procured the firemen was seen to take a
farewell look at the crowd below and
then to deliberately walk into the
naunps and diSanpear. -
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08

Says an exchange: After dealing out
some good, sharp reprimands TO some
short-sighted Republican editors who
are wont 10 criticise Marsh Murdocl1,
the Eagle contains the following bit Of
plain but excellent writing:
What is wanted by the country, and wanted
now, is cheaper money, and only fools fail to
see t. II is Interest that is eating up the
West and destroying realty values through
out the land ever sucking interest that.
Ike the vampire, is leaving the country
blOodlcss. Il Is not transportation
charges. not speculation. not even the
Mckinley idea. that hurts. 50 much as
Is the fact OF dear money. a roney 50
dear that real estate and all other properties
are daily growing worthless In comparison
to that mere representative Of values which
draws. and eternaily draws. interest"
Every thing and everybody Il paying inter
est; and interest, whSn money is scarce, be-
comes not only deu. but inevitably absorbs
all the principal and all the securities. This
Is a usury ridden nation Of people. and the
coming Congress must increase the volume
Of money. 20 the end that money may be.
come cheaper. as compared to other values.
OF there won't be any Republican party in
feal
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
NATIoNALIsrIc PROGRESSION.

The Nation Must Merge Into the Cooper
ative Commonwealth by Slow and Easj
Stages of Development.
So marked and rapid has been the de
i yelopment of the Socialistic or Nation
alistic tendencies of the Farmers Ali
ance, the Farmers Mutual Benefit Asso
citation and the Knights of Labor, that
II seems as If, almost by magic, -four
million Nationalists have sprung into
being in response TO the appeal made in
Bellamys Looking Backward"
While il can not be expected that Ma
tionalism, in its fullest sense, or perfect
/ fruition, can be brought about or at.
tanned otherwise than by series OF
progressive developments. it viii not be
amiss to note the very radical progress
that has been made in the direction Of
the establishment of pure democracy
or fraternal government of the people,
by the people and for the people. / will
enumerate few OF the demands that
have been formulated into platforms,
upon which stand an army of voters,
numbered by millions.
F'irst-Pre-eminent in Importance
stands the demand for the nationalist
ton of the peoples money or medium
Of exchange. There are probably four
million voters who are at this writing
united in a demand that the people, or
Government, shall furnish TO the indi-
vidual money or circulating media If
not at cost Of issue and handling, at
least at a rate of interest not TO exceed
two per cent. This limits to a mini
mum the extortions now practiced upon
productive and industrial labor by in
terest, profit and the individual owner
ship of the means of production, and
brings us within fractional distance of
industrial cooperation.
Seeond-The naturalization of the
farming industry in and through the
means of the sub-treasury plan. This
plan provides that the people. or Gov
ernment as a whole, shall take the
place of the hordes of middlemen, such
as commission men. elevator men, grain
brokers and spectators and bulls and
bears. and storing safely for future use,
as legitimate demand shall call for IL.
the farmers grain, shall advance him
upon such grain eighty per cent. of its
value at the nominal rate of one per
cent. and expense OF storing and hand
ling the grain.
This virtually nationalizes the farm
ing industry; and in this demand. four
million farmers, more or less. are
united.
Third--The naturalization of the
lines Of transportation and communi-
cation, by virtue Of Government own
ership Of railroads and telegraph lines,
and their operation at cost by the
people, for the people. In Kansas, Neb-
raslxa, Minnesota and the Dai1otas,
where an independent peoples ticket
was IN the field, 800, 900 votes were actu-
ally cast in favor Of this demand. which
was incorporated in the platform in all
the above States.
Fourth-The partial naturalization
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
THE VOTER RESPONSIBLE.
The workingman Must Act Independent O
the Old Parties.

The workingman Muss Act Independent Of
the Old Parties.
Under a government based on pop
ular suffrage the ultimate response
bility for every abuse rests with the
individual citizen. II is neither just nor
reasonable for worlingmen 10 blame
employers, capitalists or Legislators for
the system under which labor is robbed
of its earnings, unless they themselves
arc doing their utmost to change that
system. II is especially unfair to charge
the politicians with maintaining unjust
laws while continuing TO vote for the
parties whose creatures the politicians
are. There is no sense in blaming the
representatives of the people for doing
exactly what they are elected to
do. The existing parties do not wish
20 reform deep-seated abuses or to
alter the relations between capitalism
and labor. SO long as worlxingmen
choose 10 stand ON their platforms and
vote for their candidates, il is both illog-
ical and imprudent FOR them afterward
20 turn round and find fault with poll
ticians who are only carrying out the
mandate of their constituents. II the
masses of the people would only be true
to themselves, they would soon make
an end of usury, rent, profit and all
other forms of exploitation But Il is
useless to rail at the despoiling classes
and their agents for maintaining the
system until they themselves have the
courage Of their convictions. Journal
Of Knights Of Labor.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
rHt INpIAM raoueLEs.
The Troops Encircling tho Ifostlles IT Map
Require One Or More bloody BATTLES 70
Subdne tho Indians.

The Troops Encircling the Ifostlirs 1t Map
Require One Or More Bloody Battles %
subdne the Indians.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 5.Specials from
Pine Ridge say: There Is circle
drawn around the hostile Indians now,
II being completed by the departure OF
Captain Grossly Of the Seventh cavalry
with four troops for Beaver creek, seven
hhiles away. The circle is drawn TO the
north and east from there 10 Colonel
Henry's command; from thence to Col
oael Wheaton's; from thence 70 Colonel
Stanford's; thence TO Colonel Willis;
thence TO Colonel Ofiey's; thence 10
General Carr's; thence 10 Colonel Whit
ney's on the Wounded Knee battle
ground, and there back TO the agency.
BY this arrangement the Indians are
practically hemmed in, At the prinei-
pal railway stations along the edge Of
the reservation state troops are quar-
tered.
General Miles says two Indians were
killed at the hostile camp in fight
among themselves The camp Is nine
miles away. Some wanted to surren-
der but the young men refused TO per-
nit it. A general closing in will be
made this week, and there may be
trouble The line is drawn between the
Indians and the Bad Lands
The Indians now surrounded NUM-
ber over 4, 600 men, women and children,
most Of them from the upper Dakota
reservations. Hundreds of the crowd
are crazy from ghost dancing and will
fight like Big Foot's men fought
Shots were fired by the pickets
nearly every hour last night, banishing
sleep from all eyes. Fire arrows were
thrown into the agency about midnight
from n ravine near byrbut fortunately
fell harmlessly.
The friendly spies all say that there
are a large number Of warriors in the
enemy's camp who have worked them
selves up TO a condition Of frenzy similar
10 those who committed suicide at
Wounded Knee. They say they want
10 die and are going 10 die while killing
white men. IL is also said that two
bucks escaped alive from the Wounded
Knee fight who swore that they will set
the agency ON fire and kill the agent
themselves.
General Miles has his troops all
around the enemy and could throw all
In day and have a tremendous battle
but could not prevent small bands
escaping here and there, which would
place the lives Of many settlers
in danger. BY holding his troops until
n much larger force can be thrown
around the Indians, the trouble can be
confined 70 the reserve. The end can
not be reached without one or more
battles-and bloody ones-as there are
too many Of the crazy who want TO fol-
low the example Of their Big Foot rela-
tivcs
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
SPANS BAD LANDS.


rhc Natives of the Caroline Islands Giving
the spanlards Trouble.
SAN FBANcIsco, Jan. 5.-Late advices
from the Caroline islands state that an
era OF insurrection and bloodshed has
set in among the natives and Spanish
troops quartered in this group. The
fact that Admiral BellSnap dispatched
the cruiser Alliance 70 ponapi 10 pro-
tect the American missionaries whose
lives and property were threatened
equally by Spaniards and natives was
made known several days ago by intel
ligence received from Asiatic stations.
IL is not merely American residentr
who are threatened, but every white
person on the island, and Spaniards in
particular being fearful of having their
property stolen and being murdered.
A traveller named Anderson who had
been engaged in interisland commerce
for several years returned TO Jaliut in
the Marshall group bringing startling
intelligence of the extent of the trouble
and its causes. lie says that the natives
are a superior species of their race.
They did not object 10 the coming of the
Hll1iAiulNn NHAAA iAlf A4AANA AAlhAAuAthtA u
induce Spain TO proclaim protectorate
over the group Quite recently the
spanish officials increased native taxa
tion, which had always been a rcpugnant
feature of their administration, and
the natives refused to pay. This was
the leading cause Of the existing trou-
bles. Moreover, the troops on the ISL
and are in many instances drunken,
riotous mobs. The natives armed them
selves and had several sharp engage
ments with the Spaniards. They were
cut down like grass by Gatling guns and
rctreated into the bush country. The
Spanish soldiers followed them and
were in turn decimated by the hidden
enemy The war cry against the whitos
has been sounded thr rough all the
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08

LONDON, Jan. 5.-Mr. Froude, in a
letter ON the subject of the persecution
Of the Jews in Russia, says: This
proud. sensitive Government resents
foreign interference with its internal
affairs I fear that the action that has
been taken 10y the English people is
more likely to injure than to help the
object Of our sympathy" The Chron-
icle's Vienna correspondent says that
reports have been received from Russia
that severe anti-Semitic measures are
being enforced; that hundreds Of Jewish
shops are being closed daily. aud that
thousands Of families are being eX-
PEELED from different villages
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08

ment was given at the Tabor Grand
Opera House by loch talent for the pur-
pose Of raising money for the drought
sufferers in Eastern Colorado. senator
Tabor donated the use Of she house and
over 81 900 was raised. The county
commissioners will add $1,000 90 this
amount Several large donations have
been made. such as ioo tons Of coal and
several cars Of provisions and clothing
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08
KILLED ON THE sTREET.
Terrible shooting Array at Guthrie over
Land Contest.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Jan. "a shooting
affray took place ON the street in which
Representative /. y. Terrill, Of Payne
County, and G. w. Embree, OF the same
county, were the participants Terrill
fired five shots into the body Of Embree,
killing him almost instantly.
The ease grew out Of a contest over
Terrill's homestead Terrill was charged
with being sooner and Embree had SO
testified before the United States land
Office. After leaving the witness box
Embree went upon the street, followed,
IL seems, by Terrill, who commenced
firing az him, resulting as above stated.
The affair caused great excitement,
and % protect him from the excited
people he was placed in charge of the
soldiers, where he now remains pris-
oner. Both men are from Payne
County, northeast of Guthrie about
twenty-five miles, and are farmers.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-01-08

We can scarcely agree with our es-
teemed contemporary Of the Tidinrs
and Farm View. that the National Conn
cil committed an error in indorsing the
idea Of the land loans. Limit those
loans 10 5000 on improved real estate
at two per cent interest. and in orr
humble opinion. the greatest possible
motive % money boarding and land
monopoly a. at once destroyed. Paeiiic
Union.