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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

THE international feather-weight con-
test at New Orleans between Tommy
Callaghan. of England, and Cal Nc
Carthy, Of New Jersey. resulted in u
defeat for Callaghan. The winner will
probably be matched with George
Dixon for the worlds championship of
bantam weights
GEN. STANLEY. OF the department Of
Texas, places little reliance in the re-
port that the rangers are about to
capture Cara
AT Manchester Ky, a general fight
arose at the trial of John HensleY for
the murder of John Desorn. When il
ended Marion Herd. brother OF the
county Judge was found shot to death
and Joe Hacker mortallY wounded.
In response to resolution Of the
Mississippi legislature Henry Wat
terson addressed the legislature on
the 2sth. lie said that the demo-
cratic party in congress was per-
fcetly united upon the issue of
revenue reform and that this would un-
doubtedly be the key note 10 the
present session aud the leading issue
of the coming presidential campaign.
lie expressed no preference as between
individual democrats, but declared that
whatever ticket the coming national
democratic convention should nominate
would receive his hearty support.
IN a wreck in Cecil county, Maryland,
the other day, three oil cars were set
on fire and forty-two others vera soon
ablaze. No one was injured
JonN w. DAVIDSON, colored, post
master at Luverne, Ala, has been sent
20 the penitentiarV for ten years for
issuing fraudulent postal notes
THE Union Pavement Co, OF New
Jersey, has sued DIR. William l. Brey-
fogle, OF Louisville, Ky. former presi-
dent of the Louisville, New Albany &
Chicago railroad, for s72s. 600. The petit
ton recites that Breyfogle entered into
an agreement with G.. l. Hutchins of
New York, and others for the transfer
of ffty-six parcels of land in kentucky
and paid $50, 600 In cash and slOO. 600 ia
the stock Of the company. The petit
tioners claim that Breyfogle's failure
to keep his contract has occasioned
them great loss, and ask for $50, 900
CO uua AnN NAf'fet0 ~ tAAOnN-N anu
securities which they have transferred
to Breyfogle.
IT is reported from Eagle Pass. Tex,
that CARA has invaded Mexico with 4,
600 men.
SIX negroes were killed the other day
by an explosion at Rush Run, Fayette
county, w. Va. The negroes were en-
gagged in blasting rock in order to put
MP a tipple for the Redash Coal Co.
The blast failed to go of and the men
went back aud began drilling again in
the same holes
In an encounter with supposed fol-
lowers Of Cara near Beravides. Texas,
one United States deputy marshal was
killed and another is missing.
ALICE MITCHELL and Lille johnson
have been arraigned in Memphis,
Tenn The latter pleaded not guilty.
The formers attorney stated that for
her the plea would be insanity.
Mn CLEVELAND held a reception in
New Orleans the ether evening aud
salute was fired in honor Of him
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04


A five-year-old intervie we'd his meth
er the other day upon the subject of
angels having wings, and. on boing
told that there was reason TO believe
that they were so equipped, exclaimed;
''Oh, mamma, how funny they must
look when asleep roosting like tur-
keys"
A correspondent writes from Wash
ington that Senator Palmer, Of Illinois.
looks like a combination of Uncle SAN
and Allen G. Thurman. and very
wholesome American face his is too. T"
De is seventy-four years old, but is as
active as a man of fifty.
The size and growth Of the city Of
London is shown by the mileage of the
streets. Should they be placed together
they would measure about 2. 500 miles,
OF nearly the distance across the At
lantic ocean
A little girl on hearing Of the raising
TO life of the widows son thought it
over quietly and eventually remarked:
II presume they had 10 pay for the
grave all the same?"
Waves exert a force Of one ton per
square inch when they are only twenty
feet high. At Cassis, France. granite
blocks Of fifteen cubic mrters have been
moved By wave force
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
THE LATEST.

THE Afghans are reported beside
them selves with joy over the defeat of
the English tobacco monopoly in Per-
sia. In most Of the Afghan cities anti
English demonstrations followed the
reading Of the news in the pulplts
THE excitement at Creede, Col, the
new mining camp on the line of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, is in
tense. People are flockiug in from all
parts of the country and large city
has sprung up in a short time.
PRESIDENT BEERS Of the New York
Life Insurance Co, answers his critics
by giving a complete statement of the
affairs of the company in an open let
ter to the policy holders
THE proposed caucus of the demo-
Gratis of the house 20 study the silver
coinage question has been abandoned.
The whisky trust directors have do
clined to accept the designations of
President Greenhut and Director Nell
son Morris and have reduced prices
again.
AT the examination OF Henry ii.
Yard for completely in the wreeking
of the keystone bank Of Philadelphia,
sensational disclosures were made by
an expert.
The inhabitants of one Of the Shet-
land islands cut off from the mainland
of Scotland by recent storms are in
danger of starvation.
ALL of the great central bodies of la
Dor organizations ia New York state
have indorsed bill to enable all self
supporting women to vote at all elec-
tons Even the socialists who polled a
vote of over "a, 900 for their candidate
for govsrnar, DeLeoD. last fall are
committed to the measure.
In the senate on the I'd Mr.. Mitchell.
from the committee on elections, re-
ported on the Idaho contest The reso-
luton declares Mr.. Dubois entitled to
retain his seat Mr. Palmer introduced
joint resolution 10 have United States
senators elected by popular vote. Mr.
Voorhees, denounced a story in Phila-
delphia paper. after which the print
ing bill was discussed without action
In the house the rules were debated.
HUNDREDS Of Chinese rebels were
killed in the recent battles with i'm
perial troops. The revolutionists were
completely routed
THE great steamship Elder on the
rocks OF the Isle Of Wight has been
abandoned by crew and officers and IS
certain TO go 70 pieces
REFoRrs from the sugar lands Of
Texas are that the late freeze has been
rather beneficial than otherwise. as the
cane Is unin iured and the ground is put
into fine condition for The next crop
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

II is announced that the Alliance In
surance association has reiusured with
the Phoenix Of Brooklyn its outstand-
ing risks. amounting TO about 500, 600,
000
A PARTY of business men interested
in western land irrigation met at New
York on the 27th for the purpose of
forming a combination and establish
ing a general headquarters in that city
for western irrigation companies.
A. PEABODY & Co, diamond dealers
of New York, who lost q trunk of
diamonds by theft in the west, have
failed with S75, 900 liabilities and S70,-
900 assets.
Four miners were killed and seven
fatally and nine badly injured by an
explosion of dualin near Hazelton. Pa
Four of the eighteen men on the tug
Webster and dumping boats, blown to
sea the other day from New York, have
been rescued. There is no trace of the
others.
A PHILADELPHIA & READING coal en-
giue blew up at Newcastle near st.
Clair. Schuylxill county, forty miles
=
Five men were instantly killed, the en-
gineer. David Zeigler, Fireman N. Banl,
and Jacob Turner. Jack Wintergreen
and Henry Sands, brakemen. The
bodies were horribly mangled. One
has not yet been found.
SIXTY New York democratic leaders
held a conference on the night of the
29th and entered vigorous protests
against the holding of Ahe state con-
vention February 22.
FIRE the other night burned a whole
business block in Jeanette. Pa. The
loss on the block burned was sos. 600.
A MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, telegram
stated that United States Revenue Of
ficer Mitchell and nineteen deputies
had left for Jones' mills In the mount
aims to capture a desperate gang of
moonshiners aud officers Harrow aud
Marshall had returned with five prison.
erA They surrounded the moon.
sinners aud captured two finely
equipped Illicit distillerics. The moon
sinners were taken upawares and
quietly surrendered. The distilleries
were destroyed Seventeen officers
are still in the mountains and expect TO
capture the other members of the gang.
In a collision near Mahoney City,
Pa. between an express and an accom-
modation train one engineer was killed
and five men injured
The ten men on the New York dump
ing tug Webster were rescued just in
time by the schooner Everett Webster.
The tug sank as the rescue was com
pleted.
PENNSYLVANIA railway officials are
emphatic in their denial of the estab-
iishment of a new express company for
the purpose Of competing with and
ultimately running the Adams Ex-
press Co.
In riot between negroes and Ital-
ians at Smithton. Pa, the other night,
two men were fatally and others badly
wounded
ONE man was killed and two others
injured in a collision between freight
trains near Dewitt n. Y, the other
morning. Six cars we're ruined
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
EXTRlNsIC VALuE.


The Tendency to Confound CONNER ci1i
value with Int. .insic Quality
The goldites have a great deal TO say
about intrinsic value and have faith
that In this word is embodied the un-
auswcrable argument that money must
bc made of that metal
In the interview with senator Leland
Stanford, Of California. (which any one
may have by addressing the senator at
Wasli1gton, d. G., there is another
and no less potent word marshallcd
into the argument Examine it in this
extract:
"It seems impossible FOR men to dis
cuss this subject without coniouuding
commercial value with intrinsic quail
ity senator sherman even goes SO far
a. 20 insist that gold has an intrinsic
value greater than that Of silver But
IL either gold or silver has any intrinsic
value. then language is worthless as
vehicle Of thought Value Is always
cNtrinsic dependent entirely upon linn
itation in quantity and demand aud
only qualities are intrinsic The fun
damental lesson of political economy is
that values vary, but qualities dl not
IL gold has an intrinsic value how does
20 happen that il has ever varied? And
if silver has an intrinsic value 10 is per
tincnt 20 ask how was a portion OF taat
value extracted? a prominent senator
has shown overwhelmingly that neithcr
gold nor silver would be mined in any
quantity. comparatively, were it not
for the fact that the government stamps
them. They are not money in them
selves Their whole value is exirinsic7
And thus easily is the Juggling with
the terrible word intrinsic cstoppci on
an who take the trouble TO remember
that intrinsic refers u innate qualities.
saa are unvarying and perpetual,
whereas cxfrinsic refers % environ
ments and change with a change OF con-
ditions The malieability. ductiiiy
ands pecifc gravity Of gold are ever
present and ever the same, but the con-
mercial value % an ounce Of gold de-
pends on circumstance andlaw.- Pitts
hurrh kansau
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
wAsnrNGroN NOTES.


SECRETARY NOBLE has sent a formal
notice to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians that under their agreement
with the government ratified by con-
gress March 3, 1891. he has extended
the time in which they may make Sc
lection of their allotments TO February
%.
ID. f. RAVENS of Washington, has
been elected president of the National
Farmers Alliance, defeating President
Powers, of Nebraska Adolph Dale
lnand, OF Nebraska, was elected secre-
tary and treasurer.
SECRETARY NoBLE has ordered the
live agents now in the field TO proceed
at once TO the allotment of land to the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in the
western part of the Indian territory.
IL is the secretary's purpose to have
everything in readiness il possible for
the opening of 5000, 900 acres of sur
plus lands on or about April next
THE suits filed against the estate Of
the late Senator Plumb, OF Kansas, was
the topic of conversation at Washing
ton recently. The amounts involyei
are S347, a96. IS aud Sl2, 900 The first
was for stock in Virginia railroad and
the second was money due for over
drafts on the American Security 4
Trust Co. 1t was thought the suits
would be settled out OF court and no
testimony taken.
GEN. RAUM appeared before a sub.
committee of the house appropriation
committee and asked for an appropria-
tion for pensions for the next fiscal
year of S144, 956, 600
The democratic members of the
house ways and means committee have
decided to attack various obnoxious
features of the Mckinley law in
separate bills
THE seventh anniversary dinner OF
the Gridiron club was given at Wash
ington on the SOth. A large number of
distinguished guests were present,
among whom were the president and
several members of his cabinet.
THE house democratic caucus on the
night of the S0th reelected Mr.. Holman
chairman and decided TO sustain the
committee on rules.
SEcRERARY BLAINE has cabled to
NAiutotct Ehdii tudt Nnill , pfppOnlblOu
was acceptable. Nothing was said
about saluting the United States flag.
THE negotiations between France
and the United States for a new com
mercial treaty are not expected to pro-
duce much good.
THE right of congress TO close the
mails to lotteries and newspapers con-
tanning lottery advertisements has been
upheld by the supreme court
UNITED STATES MINISTER CHARLES
EMORY SMITH reports from St Peters
burg that fully $4,000, 900 OpeopIe in Rus
sia are in absolute need of assistance.
THE United States supreme court has
decided that James +. Boyd was citi-
zen when elected governor Of Nebraska
and that Acting-Gov. Thayer must re-
tire from office The decision discusses
naturalization exhaustively.
INFORMATION reached the naval acad-
emy that one of the monitors on her
way to Norfolk. Va, in tow of the
academy steamer Standish was aground
in James river.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

SYRACUSE. y. Y. Feb The Chi
cago and New York express left this city
on the Central Hudson railroad sunday
night with seven express and i've mail
cars Two miles east Cf Syracuse a
lamp exploded in the front part Of the
third mail car. Charles Hndiock. the
only clerk az work, did not discover the
FIRE until the car was partially enrelopc1
in flames lie gave the proper signal
and the train was stopped The con-
tents Of the burning car, which was
known as the paper storage car bound
for the New Eueland states, were total-
" destroyed
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
WITTY AND WISE.

AN obsese individual can strike but
one ncpose-adipose.-Lippincott's Maga-
zine.
Why is necessity like some lawyers?
Because it knows no law.-Drake's
Magazine.
STEPHEN TEiEE has been elected
second chief Of the Cherokee Nation.
Well. VIC should giggle.-Memphis Ap-
peal-Avalanche.
The moralist saws every man should
have fixed principles 10 live by. He has,
but he has fixed them TO suit himself
Lippincott's Magazine.
THE Boston Transcript. which doesn't
like the use Of French words and
phrases. suggests that instead Of hors
du combat. the slang phrase mot in it
be used.
A NOVEL case came before a Mime
apolis court the other day, remarks
the Troy Times A resident Of that
city appeared to ask for an iajunc-
tion restraining an Objectionable
man from paying attention to the com
plainant's sister. One court should not
thus interfere with another without ex-
trome provocation.
IL Greece 155.O 900 Of tons Of curTants
are grown, on an average, every year.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
A PHlLANTHRoPlsT.
Over a Million Dollars Given For Educa-
tlonAI Morks

tional Works.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. so The
viii Of Daniel Hand, the philauthro-
pist, has been offered for probate. Mr..
Hand makes the American Missionary
association Of New York his residuary
legatee. and directs that his estate
shall be added to the "Daniel Hand
Educational Fund for Colored Peo-
Pile" and shall be managed for
the purposes expressed Ia the deed
Of trust executed October 20, 1ssS
Under this deed Mr. Hand gave over
a million dollars for educational work
among the colored people in the south.
There are sundry bequests, ranging
from $500 10 $40, OO0, mostly 10 relatives
Judge Luzon H. Morris, of this city, is
named as executor. The hearing on
the viii was postponed until February
next No estimate as 10 the value of
the estate is given since the inventory
will not be presented until after the
hearing.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
MnltIa orraalzatIen

WAsHINGroN. Feb 2--In the reports
of the adjutant-generals Of The several
states upon their militia organizations
fled with the war department here,
Kansas Is shown as follows.
Commissioned officers. 151; non COM
missioned officers. SI2; musicians, fs;
privates, 1871; totai, 1851; aggregate,
/. 7Ss. Number Of available men Tor
military duty unorganized $50, ooo' Mis-
souri commissioned officers, 100; non-
commissioned officers. 5s4; musicians.
l27; privates, Lao; total 2.2li; argre-
gae, ASST. Number Of available men,
2s0 oOo
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
RIown Up.

CAVE Cry, Ky, Feb. seth viii
liams and Moses Mcclellan were
digging a eistern and had reached fiat
rock eight feet down. Williams struck
the rock with sledge hammer, causing
terrible explosion. which buried Nc
Clellan beneath flying boulders and
killed him and threw Williams into a
tree fifty yards away. Mcclellan lived
Just long enough 10 tell what had
happened. Several persons have closely
inspected the scene Of the explosion,
but discovered nothing beyond a blush
vapor with a sulphurous smoke.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

GurHRIE, Ok, Feb S-The United
States supreme court has rendered a
decision in reference TO the clanse Of
the law opening Oklahoma known as
the sooner" clause. 1t provides that
any person who entered the land be-
fore the hour of opening set By tho
president should lose all rights to OBJ
tain title to any land whatever The
sooner clause was sustained, aud all
the ''sooners" will lose their lands.
Both cases were at once appealed to the
supreme court Of the United States. '
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
Gave Them the slip.

ST. LOUIS, Feb s "A private dis
patch from Port Townsend Wash,
says II IS believed there that Marion
lIedsneth. the notnrions leader of the
gang which robbed the express train at
Glendale. has been in that city, whittier
he is said TO have been tracked by
Pinkerton detectives. The trail was
lost at that point Pinkerton's super-
intendent at Portland give II as his
opinion that Hedspeth boarded lum-
Der vessel at Burrnard's inlet for Va
paraiso about two weeks ago and is
now far beyond the jurisdiction Of the
laws Of the United States.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

Ell TENPO. a Mexican newspaper.
commenting on the Chilian news, at
tackled the United States. calling them
an execrable race Of towards who, be-
canse they are powerful, viii attack a
small nation FL Tiempo is the organ
Of the church party.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

TIE British ship Ferndale has been
wrecked near Gray's harbor. Oregon.
and twenty of the crew including the
officers were drowned
INFLUENZA is very serious among
some Of the Indians in the territory.
Ghost dance excitement has begun
again.
IT was generally thought al Denver,
Col, that the state supreme court
would favorably decide Dr. Graves
motion Tor a new trial
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

ernor case. james
T. Boyd came be-
fore the people Of
Nebraska ia 1890 as
the democratic can
didate for governor.
The republic an
nominee was L. ID.
Richards. The Far
mers' Alliance, mall-
ing its appearance
in politics for the
first time, nomi-
mated ]. II. Powers.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

There are mere millionaires in tho
United >,ates-all manufactured 10y the
republican party-thau in any other
country in the world, and more mori-
Gagged farms anl homes. and more Pc
rle who DO not know what it is to ge q
fuu meal ia the year lsee J. J. lngal s
sueech in United States scnatel -il
manufnctured bv the same party, th1n
in any other country on the globe p ID
we are making mnlionaires and paupt rs
faster than eYer.-Pittsburgh hansan
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04
BOYD ELIGIBLE.
rho Supreme Court Decides a Nioe
Point on Citizenship.
Sebraska's Supreme Court Heversed--Boyd
Declared citizen, aud Consequently
Governor Brief History of an In
teresting Case.

WAsHISGroN, Feb, 2-The United
States supreme court yesterday decided
In favor OF Boyd in the Nebraska gov
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-02-04

IN Greece $4,000 Of tons Of ourrants
are grown, on an average. every year.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-10
COUNTRY GIRLS RESCUED
FROM HOUSE or IMmoRAIITr.
Personal Difacuity T,otsvecn Prominent
Men In Williamsburg Virginia News
@. Interest.

DAvvIrrr. Va. Jan. Especial. To-day
two girls hailine from the extreme rural dis
tricts OF this county were taken IN charge by
the police. IN investigation showed that the
girls. the eldest Of whom was not over four
teen. had been lured from their country
homes with a promise Of honorable employ
nent IN the city. whom. as p matter OF iact'
they were tho victims q "procuress' sent
out by the proprietress OK q Danyiue oagnio'
Captain Talbot. president of the City
Council and acting mayor. after hearing tho
sad story related by tie girls sent them 20
their homes in charge Of an officer and IN
structed the officer 20 confer with the county,
officers with Wow OF having the brochures
indicted under the lave made and pfoV4Ucu
IL such cases.
Owing 90 unfavorable weather the offerings
OF leaf iobaccO this week were very ighs Hnu
tie double sales 40 the loose leaf houses were
over each day before noon ,,.
An advance in tho prices OF all desil"olo
leaf was noticeable. The shipments OK pug
Tor the week amounted 70 something over
il,OOJ pounds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-10

B.1IsvuIr. Va. Jan 9.-lSpeciaL The
weather has been very cold hers for the last
two DAYS If II keeps on as It is now there
will be an abundant ice harvest The grip u
raging IN our community. There has been
but one death as yet though every house las
been visited 10y this malady.
Mr. III. Brown Jones. near Sunny Side.
died of pneumonia yesterday after fifteen
days illness. thought 10 bo brought on by
the grip
The reelection of Judge william Pope
Dabney by tho Legislature as county judge
gives universal satisfaction and IS "a comph-
inent 20 the courteous lud aaabie gentleman
that be rs.
Captain Joseph Hobson. W. S. Archer and
Major seldom, of Richmond. spent few days
ia our midst with friends hunting. They
made good bags. although game IS very
scarce.
Captain Dabney Gillian. who was seriously
injured in q wreck last October on tho Farm
Vile and Powhaian railroad. is again at las
post of duty. much TO tie satisfaction o. his
many friends
hrs T. H. Lyon. ofJarrat's who has been
spending "a tew DAYS with friends here re-
turned homo YESTERDAY
Or. Hillsmon. of Richmond. is on a visit to
lis daughter. Mrs. X. Is. Whitlock.