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, 1898-06-22
ENGLAND'S MESSAGE TO AMERICA.
(M. F. TWppsr.)

Ho! brother, I'm a Britisher, a chip Of heart
of oak.
That wouldn't warp, or swerve, or stir, from
what l thought or spoke,
Aud you-a blunt and honest man, straight
forward, kind, and true
/ tell you, Brother Jonathan, that you're a
Briton too.
| know your heart-an open heart-I read
your mind and will
A greyhound ever on the start, to run for
honour still:
And shrewd to scheme q likely plan. and
stout to see it done
tell YOU Brother Jonathan, that you and |
aae one.
There may be iealousies and strife for men
have selfish ends
But petty quarrels ginger life, and help to
season friends;
And nundits who. with solemn scan. lnd2e
humans most Alright,
Decide it, testy JouathaL, that brothers
always fight.
Two AedgeIipg sparrows ih one pest will
chirp about a worm;
Then. how should eaglets meekly rest, the
~ children Of the storm?
No, while their rustled piulonS tau the eyries
Nv dizzy side.
Like YOU anil me, my Jonathan, ITS an Tor
Love aud Pride
oGoa save the Queen delights you etlll, and
British Grenadlers."
, 1898-06-22

AND We-Oh nate us Il you Can, Tor we are
proud Of you;
We Like YOU. Brother Jonathan. and Cyan
kee Doodle" too.
There's nothing foreign IN your face. nor
strange upon your tongue;
You come mot of another race, from baser
lineage sprungS
No, brother! though away you ran, rs truant
boys will do,
Still true il is, young Jonathan. my fathers
fathered you.
Time vast wasn't long ago-your grand
sire went with mine,
To battle traitors, blow for blow for EngIands
royal line,
Or tripped to court to kiss Queen Anne, or
worship mighty Bess!
And you and /, good Jonathan went willis
them then | guess.
Together both-'twas long ago-among the
Roses fought
Or charging fierce the Paymin foe, did all
knight Grants ought;
AS Cavalier or Puritan together prayed or
swore;
For Johu's W brother Jonathan, was only
John of yore.
There lived a man. q man Of men, a king on
fancy's throne,
We ne'er shall see Iris like again, the globe liz
all his OwnS
And if we Claim him Of our clan, he half
belongs to You
For Shakespeare, hsppy Jonathan, is yo"r'
and BritaiuS' too.
There was another glorious name, a poet
for all time,
Who gained the double first of fame, the
beautiful sublime;
And let us hide him if we can, more miSerly
than pelt.
Our Yankee brother Jonathan cries 'halves'
in MiltOn's self.
o brother, could we both be one in nation
and In name,
How gladly would the very 'ua lie b"skins
In either world to lead the van, and $50
ahead for good.
While earth to john aad Jonathan yields
tribute gratitude
Join bat your stripes and golden stars to
brave st. Georges cross.
Aud never dream Of mutual wars, Two ounces
mutual loss;
Let rs two bless when others ban, and love
when others hate.
Aud 50 my cordial Jonathan, we'll tit, |
calculate.
What more? l touch not holier strings, a
I.I3or Sfroip 10 win
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

March he was missing from the house,
and was not seen around the stacks.
Enquiry was made for some days, but
none of the neighbOrs had seen him.
Bye and bye an enquiry came from his
parents in Kentucky. Then a search
began for Oliver Galloway. Those who
knew of his condition believed that he
was dead. His father came from the
Kentucky home and Joined in the
search and offered liberal reward for
the finding of his son. After days and
days Of patient securing of the prai-
ries, and of careful hunting up and
down and along the streams, the dead
body was found in a little clump Of
trees on Locust creek, just south Of
Ad Roach's place. Mr.. Roach and
some of his neighbOrs were riding
through the brush along the bends of
the creek and came upon the remains
in fail state of preservation, though
he had doubtless been dead for more
than week. The Masonic fraternity
Of Vinlta, a member of which order
the father was, tenderly assisted the
stricken parent in caring for the body
of his boy, who had drifted away
from his home and died neglected and
alone, moneyless and friendless. jim
little was detailed by the fraternity
to accompany the old man back TO his
home in Kentucky with his ghastly
burden, and on his serrowful journey.
Mr.. little found the family to be
very excellent people indeed, and in
good financial circumstances, and
learned that the boy had drifted
away from home in an inordinate and
ill-advised desire to see life in the
west on his own account. In all his
sufferings he had not written home,
nor asked for help.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
W. H. Kornegay's New Homo.

court room during the sessions of the
court. The court bailiffs have had a
great annoyance with men and boys
who persist in standing up in the
aisles and elsewhere in the court
house. On the day mentioned a
tall, gaunt darky from Lightning
creek persisted in standing in the
back part Of the room while the trial
of one of his neighbOrs for selling
liquor was In progress. The court ad-
monished the fellow repeatedly, and
more than once bailIff went back
and sat him down, only to see him
rise again in his place and try to
catch the gist of the exciting pro-
ceeding going on. At last Judge
Thomas called out in a clear voice to
the marshal to "have that big fellow
brought forward" and that the court
would see if stop could not be put
to such wanton disobedience of orders.
The trembling colored man was
brought forward and given a seat in
the prisoners dock where he remained
till the adjournment of court. The
noise in the court room ceased.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
FN THE EARLY spring of 1sS;

IN THE EARLY spring Of 1888
+ there came a young Kentuckian
named Oliver Galloway into the Mar
ker neighborhood, a few miles SOUTH
east of this city, in search of farm
work. After having been given en-
ployment by different residents of the
neighborhood, .and having faithfully,
tho with little success, tried his hand
at nearly the whole category Of farm
work, from feeding stock and plowing
in the fields to chOpping timber n
the forest, he fell sick of what proved
to be a case of incurable diarrhea, and
after staying with the different neigh
bors for some weeks, he made his way
to the home of DR.. Z. b. Frayser, who
was then engaged in the practice of
medicine. The doctor treated him
and he returned to the home Of John
ID. Marker, where he remained some
days. During the day time he would
lay around the hay stacks, and it is
said stayed over night in the hay on
some occasions. One morning during
a spell of clear, sunny weather in
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
9JNJNJN ~ ~ " " ~ " wv
OOISS LUCILLE FORTNER, the

XH/ youngest daughter of DR.. b.
f. Fortner, of this city, has accepted
the principalship of the musical de-
partment of the National Female
Seminary at Tahlequah. Miss Fort
ner is certainly well qualified for the
position. She is a graduate of Willie
Halsell College, this city, and took a
course in music at the noted cOnserva-
tory of music at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
also had a year with Chas. p. Gimble
at Liberty, Mo-, one of the finest
teachers of music in the U nited
States.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

. Is. FRAYSER. L. Pamplrty and
lei. John OSkison attended the
stock association meeting at San An
tonic last week. DR.. FraySer met
Henry McGla>son at San Antonio and
saws he has gained sixteen pounds
since going there. In short time he
expects to start on an overland trip,
spending couple of months in camp
and on the road. lie does not expect
TO return to Vinila until about the
first of May. During "Shanghi'
Pierce's visit to the convention city
he was caught in jam while enter
ing a street car and thousand dollar
diamond shirt stud shipped off his
breast. When he made the discovery
people all over Texas could hear him
rave. There was a great deal of trad
ing during the convention.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

ET THE BEGINNING of Judge
ISL Thomas court here last week
funny thing happened, though to be
fully appreciated one should know some
thing of the man at whose expense an
audible smile went round and round the
court room until Jim Pettigrew was
obliged to rap Justify with his knife han
die upon the judges bench to restore or
der. The case on call was United
States against W. J. Matney," and the
charge was disturbing the peace, or riot,
or assault, or maybe shooting up" the
peaceful little town of Grove. Now
everyone around Vinita must know Bill
Matney, and when his lawyer stood up
and gravely announced to the court that
his client desired to enter plea of guilty
the fun began. Bills lawyer looked pale
and tired. but he said that his client had
been pretty tough, he knew, but that he
had recently married a wife, and had
therefore reformed, and would promise
to lead a quiet life henceforth, and he
therefore prayed the leniency of the
court. To the great delight of Bill, the
court suspended the payment of a S25
fine conditional on continued good be-
havior. Bill assured the court that 1t
was fact that he had really reformed
and was accordingly permitted to walk
out, free man.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
.PERMITLAW INOPERATIVE
Such is the Answer Of The U. \. At
torney to Leading Question.

We called upon P. l. Soper,
United States attorney for this
district, yesterday, and asked his
opinion as to whether or not any
laws of the Cherokee nation could
be enforced and if so in what man
ner. Mr.. Soper replied:
sin my opinion there is no
question of the right of congress to
legislate in such a manner as 1t
may think proper IN regard TO
Jurisdiction of the United States
courts in the Indian Territory.
The act of congress approved June
z, 1897, did not repeal any law OF
the Cherokee nation; it only took
away from the nation the forum
in which to enforce that law. The
United States courts in the terri
tory being statutory courts. how
ever, have jurisdiction to enforce
laws as congress shall enact or
put in force in the Indian Terri
tory. The very provisions of the
act OF congress approved June Z,
1897, does not adopt and put in
force any law of any Indian tribe.
1t provides that the United States
courts in the Indian Territory
shall have jurisdiction after Janu-
ary /, 1898 of all civil contro-
versies thereafter instituted and OF
all criminal offenses committed
after January 1, 1898 and that the
laws of United States and of the
state of Arkansas heretofore put
in force in the Indian Territory
by acts of congress, shall apply to
the persons therein, irrespective
of race. That is the substance of
the act which makes it clear that
congress intended that the Indians
in the Indian Territory should be
subjeat to the same laws as the
non- citizens.
Under my view of this matter,
taking the permit law for instance
there is no forum in which to pun
ish citizen OF the Cherokee ma
ton who would refuse to take out
a permit. The remedy only is
taken away. 1t is an anomalous
condition l grant, but laws of a
foreign jurisdiction cannot he put
in force in this jurisdiction,
unless adopted specifically by an
act of congress. If the Oh erokee
or any other Indian nation desire
to have any of their laws enforced
by the courts of the United States
they must re-enact such laws arC
upon the approval by the presi
dent of the United States, the
United States courts in the Indian
Territory will enforce them"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
PERSONAL NOTES.

Edgar Smith went to Fort Smith Monday
night.
L. F. Parker. Jr., assistant district at
torney. went TO st. Louis Monday evening.
DR. Foreman returned Saturday morn
ing ufrom visit of some days at Kansas
City.
Geo. W. Gordon. a descriptive writer,
came down from Miami this week where he
got out a boom" edition.
Miss Emma Ross. after a visit Of several
weeks with her sister. Mrs Badgett and
family. returned 20 her home at Fort
Gibson Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Milford and daughter went
to Chetopa Tuesday to attend the marriage
of the lady's cousin. DR.. George Boon. and
Miss Matte Bedell.
James Alfrey and family. of Sloan
Springs, will make Vinita their future home.
Mr.. Alfrey owns a farm on Rock creek. near
Adair, but will buy or build home in the
metropolis.
%. II. Haworth and family moved this
week to their farm near Tulsa They have
just as good farm as they want and when
allotment is made VIII take their share
right there.
Rev. R. ]. Lamb. after preaching week
at the Presbyterian church. sfeft for his
home at Mcalester last SATURDAY morning.
On account Of theinciemeacy n 5he weather
the meeting were disconsinued.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
q Successful Enterprise.

The Jumbo store, with the genial
w. Il. Wade as proprietor, opened for
business August 18th and no larger
crowds ever attended the opening of IA
store. Mr.. Wade secured the services
of Mr.. A. L. Churchill as manager, and
under his direction the business has
grown to be second to none in Vinita
or the Indian Territory. Mr.. Church
i'll believes in quick sales, small profits
and conducts business on the one price
basis. The Jumbo occupies the best
store rooms in the town, being situ-
ated in the new Halsell building. The
dry goods and clothing room forms the
shape of an L, opening on two streets.
The grocery room is an elegant room,
second door below the dry goods de-
partment. Mr.. Wade is personally in
charge of the grocery department.
The Jumbo store carries complete
line of dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, ladies' and gents furnishing
goods, carpets, curtains and millinery.
Their milliner, Miss Hayward, is
now east studying the spring styles.
No store carries a higher grade of
goods than the Jumbo. The manager
and buyer, Mr.. Churchill, will soon
leave for market for all the new spring
novelties. Mr.. J. c. Davis, of the
Jumbo clothing department, will go
with Mr.. Churchill and will attend TO
the buying of the clothing.
The manager of the Jumbo not only
believes in advertising, but believes
in doing as you advertise. This firm
has given away 1900 glass tumblers
with Il Jumbo blown in them and over
500 bronze Jumbo clocks.
1t is needless to say that they have
had prosperous business, for like all
firms that advertise and do as they
advertise they are kept busy early
and late.
There will be a song service at the
D.nt;e4 cI,ur~I, G,,,,I,,- ,,,oI,t
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

T9HE INSIDE TRACK, by Gra-
~ nan. .Earle's company, is to be
the opening bill of our new opera
house, February I. OF the play and
company the Chicago Tribune has
this to say: TIN Bjou opened Sun
day to capacity business with The
Inside Track one of Oliver Doud
Byron's sensational comedies. The
company is beaded by Graham Earle
and Cora Halnmel Earle, who were
kindly received, and the applause at
the climax of each act was of that
true, heartfelt, enthusiastic style,
found nowhere So literally bestowed
as on the west side. The company is
well balanced and give better pro-
duction of the piece than the one pre-
Senting the same at the Academy two
years ago"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
Haisell College Notes.

Mr.. Sam Chollie Of Tulsa. entered school
Monday.
Rev. G. VI. Coppedge and 7. 4. Brewer
visited the college Tuesday.
Willie Halsell college now boasts of n
cat and dog, and our boarders are daily eX-
pecting a canine catastrophe.
Prof. Wilkinson has an article in the
current number of the Missouri School
Journal on the Vanity of Titles"
Miss Lulu Brooks. of the music depart
ment is on the sick list this week.
Rev. Mr.. King. of the Presbyterian
church. visited the college Monday and
made short talk to the students.
One of our lady teachers is reported to
have an aggravated case Of klondike fever.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
MUsKGGEE JAIL.

Members OF congress have just
received marked copies of "The
Chair ties Review magaz n
published by the Associated Chari-
ty organizations of New York. 1t
contains an article by its editor,
DR.. Frederick Howard Wines, un-
der the heading of A National
Disgrace" The article is an ac-
count of a personal inspection, by
the author, OF the United States
Jail at Muskogee, Ind Ter, and a
discussion of the manner of keep
ing prisoners in the Indian Terri
tory. 1t is exceedingly readable,
and the heading readily indicates
the impressions of the author.
His object is to call the atten-
tion of the country to the horrors
of the present system, and of the
dereliction of the government to
provide suitable quarters for the
prisoners, in the hope that con-
gress may be induced to take i'm
mediate steps toward needed cor
rection.
The first half of the article is
devoted to a description of the in
terror of the Muskogee Jail, and
a right realistic picture 1t draws.
He dwells with particular force on
the crowded condition of the pris-
oners. the lack of light, ventilla-
tion, sewerage, water supply, the
vermin with which the Jail is in
tested, and the manner of serving
food. All this is pictured as if the
author had derived inspiration
from communion with Dante.
He next comments on the gam
bling allowed among the prisoners
and expresses some degree of
amazement that the courts should
allow within the prison the prac-
tice of the very offense for which
men are imprisoned. He dwells
at length upon that prison insti-
tuition known as" Kangaroo Court"
and quotes many of the prison
statutes that prevail and the man.
ner of their enforcement. After
summarizing and sermonizing, he
closes the article with the follow
ing strong language:
my statements with reference
to the Muskogee Jail will not be
disputed by any officer of the Jail
or court X Innocent men
beg to be allowed TO plead guilty,
at the cost of term in the peni-
tentiary, to escape longer cOnfne-
ment here. Whether the fault is
with congress or the department
of justice is not clear, but is at
Washington and not at Muskogee,
as the authorities tell me they
have protested. i X X 1t is
with inexpressible modification to
me TO write what / have here
written, knowing as l do that it
will be commented upon in every
journal of penalogy and criminal
jurisprudence throughout the civil
lied world, but without complete
exposure there is no hope of
remedial action"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

III LIQUOR case against Richard
Lsl Riley occupied the attention OF
the court good portion of the day Mon
day. Riley was charged with selling a
pint of whisky to Bill Matney al Hayden
last spring, during the freedman pay
ment Matney testified to having pur-
chased pint of whiskey from defendant
in tent on the payment grounds, pay
ing therefor one dollar Defendant and
his witnesses, numbering four or five
persons, swore that he did not sell Mat
ney the whisky, and further that he did
not have any whisky. The jury dis
agreed
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

There will be a song service at the
Baptist church Sunday night
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

f@lNE DULL SUMMER DAY a
" dozen years ago two young
clerks were set at the to them dis
tasteful task of laying a stone side
walk. Twas the turning point in
their lives for they gave up their
situations and opened up store in a
neighboring town. Today each has
a good store and one Of them is presi-
dent of bank and owns herd of
cattle beside. But for that sidewalk
assignment they might still. be clerk
ing in someone else's store, in Vinita.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27
Good poker game going On.
Potatoes 30 cents at Gray's.


Fine lot Of soft maple trees at the
nursery.
Go to Gays for bargains in dress
goods.
The wells and cisterns are nearly
all full.
Bargains: bargains: in dress goods at
Gfay's.
Farm for sale; enquire of ]. T
Brackett.
Bird dog and a II guage gun for sale;
enquire here.
n Apple trees in large or small guam
<4ities at the nursery.
Wanted, few day boarders. Jake
Walters, beside DR.. Bagby.
Come in and examine my bargain
counter in dress goods. J. c. Gray
The wife Of John johnson. at Hay
den. died Monday with consumption.
George Nidiffcr is losing hogs at
his feed yards, north OF town, with
cholera.
J. ". Jeans & Sons Will pay the
highest price for turkeys. Get them
in quick.
Hang on TO your dollars till you see
my ''bargain counter" OF dress goods.
j. {. GRAY.
Sieve Hill. the barber. mas gone to
Hot Springs to try the virt1e of the
water. for his health.
Big Tre>ke was the man who first
made the place adjoining this city
now known a> the Strout place.
J. 7. Gunter sold eight horses out
of his stable last Saturday to the
horse and mule buyer for $40 head.
Will trade the stallion, Tim McMa-
hon, trotting record OF 2:37, for driv-
ing stock. ]. T. Gunter, at livery
stable.
Rev. Andrew Hunter, of Little
Rock, will preach for Brother Butler
dO lut MtllOulsb CuulOu uOAG DdUUdOu
morning.
j. B. Hitchcock was lucky enough
to draw handsome gold watch as a
prize for unraveling puzzle in a
newspaper the other day.
Major Winston, clerk of the United
States court, went home tc Musko-
gee Monday night, being threatened
with an attack of pneumonia.
J. NJ. Trollinger is assisting in Dr.
Foreman's drug store, Mr.. Strothers
having gene to Kansas City to buy a
stock Of drugs to open at Alton.
S. S. Cobb, Jr., of Wagner, sold his
drug stock to ]. L. Beardsley, of Wag-
oner, and f. B. Mittong, Of Muskogee,
and they will take charge next week.
The Indian Progress, of early days
in this city, started by DR.. E. Poe
Harris, afterwards became the Vinita
Vldette, with Col. j. NJ. Bell, editor.
The Rev. VIM. 7. King will preach
at Pheasant Hill next Sunday at 3 p.
m, and will commence a series OF
meetings at the same place on the
following Monday night.
The United States recognized the
belligerency of a couple of toughs
over in the saloon across the street
from this Office Tuesday evening by
locking one Of them up in the Jail tC
cool off.
It's the ''proper caper" to get a first
class hair cut or shave at McPherson's
shop, located between Jumbo and
Badgett's stores. Sure, Nc has gone
to running barber shop right, which
means success on top of success.
Sixteen convicts tunneled out of the
Cherokee national prison at Table
quah one night last week while High
Sheriff Duncan was off on a CAM
hunt. Some very desperate character
were among those who escaped.
As bit of current history of TIN
town of VInita, il may be safely STATED
that the streets are very muddy a
this present time. In fact, the mu'
is so deep as to render them almOs
impossible. Danger and BOAT
for Rent" signs have been displaye,
for week.
ElNE DULL SUMMER DAY
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-01-27

IL n incident occurred in Judge
LEA Thomas court one day this
week that will probably have the
effect of insuring better order in the