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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-04
Ynnkton Telegram Changes Hands

Y nnkton Telegram UhAnScs Hnnds
Yankton, Sept. 1.-The Yankton
Telegram, the oldest populist paper in
South Dakota, changed hands yester-
day. Ham Kaufman of O'Neill, Neb.,
editor Of the Beacon Light at that
place, took possession.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-04

The lock step has beer abolished at
the Detroit house of correction, because
it was thought to facilitate the spread
of c%ontaglon,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-04

AT Dubuque r. II. E.
Des Moines ........1 90 0O0S l Ii II >
Batteries-Butler and Sullivan; Cooper
and Lehman.
AT Rockford r. Fl. r..
Rockford ...........4 01000101- - IL 3
Burlington .........0 0 0 O%O00011 8 6
Batteries-Babbitt and Huff: Coons and
Williams.
AT Cedar Rapids X. II. r..
Cedar Rapids ......0 0 oO2002 is . i
ST. Joseph ..........o 90 90 02022-6 9 :
Observation-Disclosures and Fuller; Kane
and Hansen
AT Peoria r. II. e.
Peoria ..............1 0 II 90 30 o. & 2
Quincy .............O A o 002 IS 10 0
Batteries-Burris and Quinn; Mackett
and Graver.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-04

.Guest-Here waiter, i ordered mock tl,r.
tie Y This is pea soup. Fresh Waite,
Well, Gil cup has a p in It
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-04
A Newspaper Change.

Rushville, Neb., Aug. so.--E. Il.
Shackelford, of Oakland, has pur
chased the Record here.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

W. Poole's delivery cut the horse
loose from the shafts, mounted
him and rode away toward the
east as far as Pryor creek, about a
mile, hitched him TO tree and left
him. In cutting the horse loose
he made a miss and cut an ugly
cash in the horse's shoulder but IL
is not serious one. We have not,
as yet, met any cne who blamed
Petit for his actions. The ne
groes, it is reported, were very in
solent to their prisoner. When
he asked to be allowed to get bond
the reply was, "you don't need
any bond, you d-s-b--, we have
got you now and will show you"
Trueblood bad nothing on his per-
son to identify him as a marshal
and Petit did not believe them to
be morshals. They are said to be
related to some parties whom Pet
lit had helped to arrest. II is
claimed by some that they took
this plan to kidnap him and get
him out of the way. Marshal
Heck Bruner came down from VII
nita Saturday evening to investi-
gate the killing. He ordered a
post mortem which was conducted
by Drs. Dickson and Clayton.
They found that five balls entered
the body and one entered the
heart. The remains were buried
Sunday at Pryor Creek cemetery"
The officers incline to the belief
that Petit has a very good defense,
in the fact that he was not legally
arrested and had reason to believe
the negroes were anxious to dis
pose of him because of his activity
in the arrest of the COW thieves on
Grand river some months ago.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
A Night in a Tornado.

VINITA, |. T., April B, 1897.
EDITOR CHIEFTAIN:-The two
Dams are a span of noted horses
belonging to the livery stable of
r. P. Allen, of Pryor Creek, and /
to them, more than probably, l
owe my life today. The tornado
which partially wrecked Chouteau
on the Both of March, overlook
Charley Suggs and myself three
miles east of Pryor Creek, shortly
after dark. 1t showed up in the
form of a heavy wind and down
poor of rain, turning quickly into
a tornado and hard storm. The
team could not hold the buggy;
the hail made them quicken into a
run. Instantly the buggy was car
ried into the Gir. and thrown over
the horses. Young Suggs fell out
Of the buggy and dropped down
behind the black horse. held to
the side of the buggy top with one
hand and the lines with my other
l soon realized that | was unable
to get out of the buggy or to stop
the team, which was running with
the wind. wondered how long
it would be before ! would get hurt
and was thinking of several ways
in which might get hurt, when |
saw by the flash Of lightning my
companion running by the side OF
the team. He soon grabbed the
grey horse by the rein, making a
temporary stop, which enabled me
to tear loose from my entangle-
ments. The storm continued sew
eral minutes longer and ii was
with great difficulty that we loos.
vned tie team ffUm the wreck
which had a few moments before
been q splendid new buggy. AZ
ter freeing the team we drifted
with the storm till we came to a
group OF small trees, where We an
chored in safety till the storm
passed over. Cold, wet, shivering
and ragged we mounted our horses
in the dark to find friendly farm
house where we could shelter Tor
the night. The first one we
reached had Jared badly, having
had its roof blown away and its oc-
cupants left to the mercies OF the
storm The next house belonged
to Mr.. George Deere who bad i'm
mediately hung out light to pilot
any unfortunate to his hospitality,
should such there be. It's needless
to say that Mr.. and Mrs. Deere
are wholesouled people; the very
fact Of his placing out a relief sig
nal tells the whole story. Such
people are heroes and were | poet
would send their names, coupled
with the two Dams, black and grey,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
Pensacola Items.

-Rain. rain; too mucn ram.
Oats and wheat look fine.
Planting corn and making garden is the
order OF the day.
The many friends OF Richard Martin arc
glad TO see him able TO be around again.
Our school is progressing satisfactorily
with - pupils enrolled.
Rev. Shay. OF the NJ. f. church south. de-
livered two able sermons at our little school
house. Preaching and Sunday school every
Sunday.
quite a wind storm visited our nolghbOr
hood Monday night; blew tenant house
down on McLauglins place; part has never
been found yet. Luckily no one was living
In the house at the time.
AIR. Gerhart, living on Lee Martins place
had his only mllch COW killed by lightning.
Andy Smith has bought one OF the finest
carts yea correspondent ever saw.
Lee and JACK Martin are attending the
Usage payment this week.
AIRS. Sarah oHelds has sold her farm,
Charley Leatherman being the lucky buyer.
Miss Eta McFall is spending few weeks
with her cousin. Mrs Martin.
E. c. Ghormley has eighteen acres OF
onion seeds sown; Gap" likes them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

freedman rolls. We have exam
ined many witnesses but in order
to properly pass upon the matters
before us there are other witnesses
and documents Of importance
which should have been examined
but which on account of lack of
time we have been unable to Sc
cure. We would respectfully rec
ommend that the investigation be-
gun by us be carried on to its
fullest extent by the next gran5
jury which meets at this place in
October 1897, and that all proper
steps be taken to secure the evil
dence necessary to enable such
grand jury TO make full inyestiga-
ton. We also further wish TO say
from evidence brought before us
We are led to believe that the Cher
okee freedman rolls are not cor
rectly made. We find there are
certain Cherokee freedmen left of
Of this roll who should be on same;
and we believe there are negroes
on the rolls whose names should
not appear there. We respectfully
ask that an investigation OF said
rolls be made by the proper au-
thoritiee ot Washington, D. c. and
that your honor communicate with
such authorities to this end.
We also wish to thank the dis
trict attorney, G. L. Jackson, and
his able assistant, j. NJ. Givens,
for the assistance in our investiga-
tions. Respectfully submitted,
T. NJ. BuFFIsGToN,
r. |. BLAKENEY, Foreman.
Clerk.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

The st. Louis Republic recently
made arrangements with the cable
companies, whereby direct rews
from all sections of the civilized
world are received. 1t now prints
more authentic foreign news than
any other paper and continues to
keep up its record for publishing
all the home news. The outlook
for the year is one Of big news
events, fast succeeding each other
and they will be highly interesting
to everyone. The price of the Re-
public daily is s6 a year, or sl.5O
for three months. The Twice.a.
Week Republic will remain the
Someone dollar a year, by mail,
twice a week.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
Report Of the Mutual Life for 1895.

The. statement Of the Mutual
Life Insurance company Of New
York published in this issue shows
the liabilities on The risks in force
amount to s205, ,010, ,633.72, leaving
a surplus fund of 500, ,733, ,514. 20.
This shows an increase in admitted
assets during 1896, according to the
New York State standard, Of sl5,-
040, ,005 %, and an increase in sur
plus of So, 1858, 467 .06. The total
income of the company for the year
was $40, ,702, ,695.27. The amount
paid to policy-holders aggregated
S25, 1897 ,569.50. Since the date of
its organization, in 1S43, the Mu.
tual Life Insurance company has
paid to living members S25S, $780,
451 SO, and to the beneficiaries of
deceased members s17S ,045, 743. 76,
making a total of s437 ,005, 1876. 20.
The company has insurance in
force amounting to something over
s91S .000. 900.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

r. l.. MARTIN writes from his
home on Grand river to say that
"last weeks CHIEFTAIH contains
some mighty interesting reading
and | would like to learn some
thing more concerning the s126,-
O00." Readers all over the ma
ton are in the same condition as
Mr.. Martin and will take pleasure
in a perusal of this weeks install.
ment and the information that the
subject is not to be slighted.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
The Chelsea Murder.

Regarding the recent killing at
Chelsea, the reporter has the fol-
lowing:
"Last Saturday two colored men
claiming TO be marshals came into
town about 10 a. m. and asked city
marshal Cox if he bad any objec-
tions to them arrestIng a man in
town, but would not give the name
of the man. Mr.. Cox told them he
had nothing to do with a u. S.
marshaPs business;that they could
arrest the whole town if they lad
right TO do so. In a short time
one of them went TO Dave Petit
and had a conversation with him,
but separated for awhile. When
they met again the two negroes
were together and placed Petit
under arrest. They took him TO
The depot and just as the passen-
ger train came in from the south,
Petit seeing his chance drew a
revolver aud ordered them TO run
or he would shoot. Charley True.
blood, one Of the negroes, stepped
back and drew his pistol. Petit
fred several shots at him and II is
said Trueblood fred three times at
Petit but none taking effect. The
train people thought there was a
hold up as some one cried, "hold
up" and several shots were fred
from the train. Petit turned TO
the other negro and told him to
run. He ran. Trueblood had five
or six bullet holes in his body
when he fell, dying instantly. II
is not certain whether the shots
fred from; Petilts gun killed him,
or the shots fred from the car by
some one unknown TO the writer.
As foon as Petit saw what had
been done be ran east toward the
livery barn and coming up 10 @.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

down the stream oftime, In these
nights of cyclones all survivors
ought to follow Mr.. Deere's exam
pie. To make a long story short,
we are thankful that we escaped
so many dangers and are here TO
testify in the case.
Respectfully.
G.. s. WHITE.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

A MATTER that has doubtless
pressed itself upon the mind Of all
newspaper men time and again is
the curious and almost pathetic ef-
forts that are frequently made by
single individuals to "do up" a
newspaper by stopping their sub
scription. All the publications,
large and small, to be sure count
their circulation by individual
names, but a name is the in6nites-
imal part Of whole; like the sands
upon the sea shore or the rain
drops Of a summer shower they
are too small TO be missed. A
dear friend guilelessly remarked to
the writer once that he had de.
cided to quit reading one Of the
great metropolitan dailies on ac-
count Of something he had seen in
the psper. II was affecting to see
how earnestly the man believed
that he was administering a much
deserved rebuke 20 a great news
paper that printed the news from
the ends Of the earth daily, and
numbered its readers by the hum
dreds Of thousands. Even the
country weekly with a few hun
dred readers would scarcely miss
an individual subscriber, and it il
no rebuke whatever to the obstrep-
erons sheet to rush in and stop the
paper. Paul advised the Corinth-
ian not to fight "as one that beat.
eth the air" which is certainly a
good description o! the man who
seeks TO crush the newspaper by
! stopping II. When a publication
gets worthless or obnoxious, the
better plan would be to quietly
fail TO renew when the time paid
for expires, and il the paper be
run on business principles il will
stop unless renewed promptly.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
THE GRAND JURY's REPORT.
Hon. VIM. NJ. Springer,

Judge U. s. Court:
We, the grand jurors called in
special session by your honor at
Vinita IN March. 1897, beg leave
TO submit the following report:
We have entered upon the inves-
iigation Of the alleged misconduct
Of certain officials Of the United
slaiep 10 connection with certain
payments Of money now being
mode and which have been paid to
Indian citizens Of the Cherokee ma.
ton. Our Investigations have not
bsen confined 10 the payment Of
these moneys alone. We have en-
dearorcd 10 Gel The facts IN alleged
ctookednese 10 tho making Of the
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
Confederate Veterans.

All old confederate soldiers are requested
TO meet at o'clock on Saturday. April 18th,
1897, at the U. :. commissioners Office In VI
nlta for the purpose Of electlng officers to
serve during the ensuing year and transact
such other business as may be presented.
by order OF john G.. SCRINsHER,
Commander Camp McGhee.
w. G.. NELNs. Adiutant.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

IT is reported that there is a
strong probability of the Dawes
commission being recognized at
an early day and of Maj. VIM.
Warner and Thomas Needles be-
ing two of the new men.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

AT Ft. Gibson Agent Dickson is
posing as man "exonerated" by
the vinits grand jury and as the
instigater of the investigation. Up
this way he curses like a sailor
every time the name Of Judge
Springer and the U. s. court is
mentioned. If the Indian Office
could be placed in possession
of the testimony taken by the
grand jury Dickson would not last
over night. Dickson is a bird;
few men who are willing his clerks
and strikers should "hold up"
everybody who came near them
and he not get cent of the booty.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

UNDER existing conditions the
only thing left in the power of the
authorities of the FIVE tribes is to
take care of the land belonging to
the tribes, and about the only way
to do that would be to allot it. As
far as the funds are concerned, the
common Indian never did nor
never will get much out Of them.
II the money belonging to the
Cherokees had been all dumped
into Grand river a half century
ago the tribe would have been a
great deal better off. If the United
States government don't protect
the masses Of all these tribes they
will yield up their land, like they
have their money, to the bosses.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
Clerk

An international council Of the
five tribes convened at Atoka yes
terday to consider the subject of
not treating with the Dawes COM
mission.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

Write for particulars. inclosing two cont
stamps. Correspondence strictly cOundcn-
tlal. Address, WEsTEnN AGEHCY.
iuni7 Lock box g. NeoSho Falls Kan.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08
Alton Election.

AFToN. l. T.. April :. 1871.
City election passed OF here yesterday with
considerable excitement and a well fought
campaign. resulting In the election Of the en-
tire MurdOck ticket
MANnu
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-04-08

SArAlOOUus ON ApPLIoATIo" rRsE.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

from other regions where placer gold
has been found In large quantities. 1t
Is reasonable 20 expect that IA the
Yukon country rich gold lcdes viii be
found.
And this brings rs 20 the subject of
quartz mining in Alaska. for the gold
bearing region mp there Is byno means
confined to the klondflc country. Ac-
cording 20 the recently published
handbook on "klondikc." written bv
l.. 4. Coolidge. Of Washington. there
are in southeastern Alaska gold mines
which have been worked for the past
twelve years. and which in 1925 added
over -. 600. 900 to the gold surplus of
the world. OF this nining region
juneau Is the centre. and its discovery
is shared by Richard Harris and
Joseph juneau. In 1850 these two
men started out from Sitka-it was in
the summer-and in August discov-
cred gold in stream which they
named Gold Creek Later they e--
plored this stream TO its source IN a
mountain valley. which they named
Silver Bow Basin Then "a town site
was established az the mouth Of Gold
Creek, which was AZ first named Har-
rsbury. Later it was changed to
Rockwell and then 70 Juneau, which
name il still holds This last christen-
ing took place in 1881
The next year both placer and
quartz mines were discovered on Doug
las Island. about four miles from
juneau. These are now the famous
Treadwell mines, having been bought
by John Treadwell in 1884, and. says
Nj. Coolidge, ''from these enough ore
has been taken ont TO pay the purchase
money of Alaska and more" The ore
Of these mines average only from 50. so
TO 80 a ton, but owing to the enormous
scale on which they are worked and
the low cost Of extracting the ore
there is large profit in working them.
All around juneau and, for that mat
ter, all along the Alaskan coast, gold
bearing quartz is found, and in many
places is being proiitabiy worked.
There seems TO be little doubt among
mining experts that extensive quartz
mines will be located in thi- Yukon
country before long. This Will mean
the introduction into that country of
all sorts of improved mining machin-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

So far all the mining that has been
done IN the klondike country has been
what Is known As placer mining. This
IS the simplest and oldest form Of
mining. aud Is usually adopted in new
gold fields. In its crudest form.
placer mining is simply the picking up
81 painful of dirt from the bed OF a
stream where gold is supposed 10 eN-
ist. the washing away of the dirt aud
pebbles and the gathering of the gold.
which. because 81 its weight. sinks -
the bottom of the pan.
For example. let Us follow pros
pector on some stream In our Western
gold fields. where the complication OF
etcrnallv frozen ground does not enter
into the question. After trsvelInc
perhaps many weary days he comes
ON a stream coming down some noun
tain gorge that looks likely" a. n,
saws. - his practiced eye. He stop
aud examines the pebbles on the bot
tom. and fnds good many Of then
are of quartz
This. although not IN itself an inii
cation of gold. IL cool sign. 50 th'
r-osrec-or sc~anes away the earth aud
stones $50 the bottom Of the stream 9,
tae depth oi zoo, or 50. and thor
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

in the hole, and this process il con
tinued until bedrock Is reached. Then
fires are built against the side Of the
shaft, and drifts and tunnels are
thawed out.
All the dirt thus taken out is piled
outside until the stream opens in the
spring Then the sluice boxes are set
up and the winters diggings washed
out. Thus miner Is enabled to keep
busy about all the year
This method OF burning out a shaft
and tunnels Is by no means new, for it
has been carried on for many years in
the basins of the Amoor and Lena
Rivers ia Siberia. where the conditions
are very similar 10 those III the Klon-
dixie region
Placer mining In Alaska differs from
placer mining In warmer climates only
In that the dirt has 10 be thawed out,
and that water for washing can be OBJ
tanned there only month or two III
each year
And even when bedrock is reached
II is in many cases filed with cracks
and seams which are rich in gold and
well worth the digging out. AS to the
value of explosives In this frozen soil
authorities differ. The Mining and
Scientific Press said recently that they
can be used effectively, while the Min
ing and Engineering journal, in speak
ing of the Siberian mines, where the
conditions are similar, says their effec'
is simply to mat the ground together
harder. For this same reason, saw
the latter journal, the ground canno
he dug with pick and shovel unit
thawed out.
Lumber. by the way, in the Klon
dixie country, fit for sluice boxes, cost
from $3.50 to $3.50 q thousand feet.
! 80 far most Of the gold found i
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

take. ont q painful 81 dirt The pan,
by the way. j. nothing but "A broad.
shallow DISH Of strong sheet iron.
Having done this. he puts IN enough
water % make ;he painful semi-iquid.
anal then gives 4 rapid. tSirling mo-
tiou. This causes the gold. II there il
any. 10 sius - the bottom Of the pan.
Then the gravel and sand are carefully
washed ont until only the heavy resi-
due remains ia the pan. This residue
j. carefully examined 10 see how many
..col0rs" there are in It. 'Colors" Is
the term miners give TO the particles
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-25

only by the natural conditions OF the
country. Let us now look for a mo-
ment at what these conditions compel
the Klondike miner 10 do.
Let us suppose the gold-hunter has
passed through the difficult journey
and arrived at the gold fields. He first
goes out and prospects until he fines
a claim where the ''eolors" in his pan
encourage him TO locate. If he should
happen to be e>rly ON a new field he
would probably stake out a claim next
TO one that was already paying in the
hope that his would pay, too. A
Kiondiks claim IL supposed 10 be laid