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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

everything to them. not only here, but every
where else that they go afterward. Boston.
theatrical people say, is the only other city in
the country where the newspapers generally
have any independence in dramatic criticism.
In the other cities, they declare, the papers and
the public are MORALLY afraid Of accepting any
thing which they do not know that Newly ork
has already accepted, or Of refusing to accept
anything which New-Yors may afterward APP
prove.
For these reasonable greatness Of the sue
cess when a success is made and the Importance
Of the Judgment Of the public and the press-the
first night in New-York is a time of expectation
and anxiety, even when the play has already
succeeded. as far possible, elsewhere. The
manager sees his seasons fortune hanging in
the balance, and the actor feels just the same
stage fright if the play had never been acted
before. Sometimes play that has done well In
Western city comes to New-York and makes
utter failure. After that the reputation Of
the play is the that it gained in New-York,
not the one that II gained in the West Then
Western writer's and Western newspapers de-
clare that New-York refused to accept the play
because the critics and the public were Jealous
of the West and would not support or approve
anything that came from there. There could be
greater nonsense, except the corresponding
charge that Is frequently made when English
play or an English actor fails here Newly Ork
does not care whore its plays come from: 1t
simply wants the plays that it likes. Some Of the
greatest successes Of recent years in New-Iork
have been the work OF Western men, and have
been presented in the West before they were seen
here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
THE PATIENT DOG"
-yv t1r Is FORCED TO SWALLOW RAW
PLAYS.
PLAYS.

CONDITIONS OF THE THEATRES HERE AM
vsvwIERE DROUGHT TO NOTICE BY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
ACTORS WHO II

A curious corollary Of all this is the fact that
there is a large class Of actors and companies
that never get TO New-York IT all, or. II they 90
come at all play only at the outlying theatres
which are almost provincial as the small
towns in Southern Canada. This statement does
not refer to the organizations that are so cheap
and poor that they have TO make their tours
among the towns which are too small 10 choose
their amusements and must take whatever
comes and be grateful There are actors 81
rretty good sort, who act Shakespeare ana
standard comedy and the dramas mat nave
made the great successes Of the last NIFTY years
who keen themselves entirely 10 the smaller
cities They are not great actors. but they 90
what they do inteiligently. They have tried their
fortune in New York. perhaps. and nave mace
failures or only moderate successes, ana they
fad that it pays them better to be the best III
smaller cities than the fourth or hfth pest !"
New-York. Through the West and the SCUM
and the lake region their names are names 10
conjure with The people 50 to see them ana en-
ioy their performances. and quote them as au
thorities on Shakespeare. But when lhey H'e"
ton them 10 their New York friends theJ aie
met with a vacant stare that shows entTe iacA
Of recognition, or with question such ID 10 ne
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

pie is signing petitions without reading
them. Yes, it is good morning, and
have nsed everybody y'ssoap. +"
Excuse mel But -er- err what are
you trying to--ah get at?" interrupt
ed the inquisitiye one, much astonished
at the reply his attempt had prccipi-
tated.
".The foregoing information" was
the grim answer, In the same accent
less voice, s'is all know about any
thing of any name or nature-Biblical,
historical. statistical. Biographical, ge-
ographical, conundrumical or other
wise -past. present or fufure, now and
forever! / don't know anything else
of any kind, character, style, shape or
color, good, bad or Indifferent. I not
only do not know anything else, but
/ don't want to. My name is William
Suffern Smith; am 43 years old and a
widower. / have the following rela-
tives, or, rather, they have me-name-
ly, one mother-in-law, who was born
to command; three brothers-in-lay,
who were born to be hanged but have
thus far escaped; two maiden sisters,
in-law of the vintage of 1912. Since the
death of my wife these several relatives
have lived on me like pack of can
nibals. My mother-in-law is sure my
wife would have been alive now if 1t
had not been for my conduct My
brothers-in-law have differed with, and
also from, me in politics and all other
questions; they have worn my clothes,
spent my money and treated me with
contumely and derision. One of my
sisters-in-law is stage-struck and the
other has been subject to swooning
spells for years. The whole outfit has
ground into me their superior wis
dom, their views of life and their
preferences in everything; they have
benpecked, fouted and abused me,
world without end. Yesterday l laid
coat and hat on the bank of the river,
swan across and disappeared in the
woods, leaving my ldth and kin to
mourn me as dead. am never going
back unless | am overtaken and hyp-
Noticed. l don't know. anything of
interest to tell anybody, and I don't
want to hear anything that anybody
else has to tell. 1 want nothing in the
world but peace. If you don't let me
alone III throw my gripsack out of
the window and jump after it. / have
spokenl"
Thercupon the speaker withdrew
into his shell, leaving the inquisitive
passenger in state closely bordering
on collapse.-Tom P. Morgan, in n. Y.
World.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10
THE POPE'S LEGACY.
An Instance i'm Which a DisappOint.
ed Heir Legally Worsted
the Vatican.

The question of whether the holy
sea may lawfully become the recipient
of legacies in Italy without previously
obtaining the authorization OF the
Italian government has been raised be-
fore the civil tribunal of Rome.
For the vatican the cause was of ex-
ceptional importance, rs it established
a precedent which disappointed heirs,
cut off with a shilling by bigoted pa
rents or relatives, will not fail to in
yoke in order to regain possession or
their patrimonies engulfed in the cof-
fers of the holy sea.
The facts which gave rise to the in
teresting lawsuit are the following: A
picus widow, named Bossi, left the bulk
of her little fortune amounting to 30.-
coo francs, to the holy sea, greatly to
the despair of her heir apparent
Giuseppe Minelli, who, trusting in the
generosity of the pope, sent in petit
ton exposing the lamentable state of
his finances and imploring to be al
lowed to retain one-half of the legacy.
But the holy father instead of acced
ing to this very reasonable request, di-
rected one of his legal advisers, Ad-
vocate Patriarca, to negotiate the sale
Of the legacy, which the latter did, Civ
ing up all rights accruing to the holy
see by virtue of the widows will to
merchant named Monami, who, by pay
ing down a sum of 5000 francs, became
possessed of a right to the whole legacy,
amounting to double that sum.
This transaction. which cannot be
said to reflect very favorably on the
generosity and equity of the holy IA
Tiers legal advisers, enraged the dis
appointed heir to such point that he
refused to give up the money to
Monami, and raised the legal question
In the civil tribunal as to whether the
holy see had right to accept and to
negotiate a legacy without the authori-
cation of the government. The point
was eventually decided in his favor
against the holy see and Monami.
The holy see, by its unbecoming at
tempt to grasp more, and by its cruel
neglect of the heirs modest request.
besides cutting pitiful figure, has now
brought hornets nest about its head,
and the specializing merchant win have
to wait some time before the $4,000
francs are returned to him from the
Golfers of the vatican.
A question Of a similar nature will
shortly be discussed before the supreme
court of cessation of Rome, the plain
tiffs being the Lateran chapter, who
claim that, as the Latran palace and ad
joining edifices have been left to the |
holy sea by the law of guarantees after |
1870, the chapter should be reintegrated |
In the possession of all its numerous |
lands, rents and privileges, amounting |
% some millions Of lire. In the Roman |
province. and which were coHfscated |
~ the Itslians.Lond Mail.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10
INFORMATION GALORE.
tering of Statistical, Biograph-
fcal and Historical.

Pardon me, sir" began the inquisi-
tive passenger, bending in confiden-
tial way over the back of the seat be-
fore him, ''but what"
adam was the first man." replied
the dyspeptic-looking man in front, in
a cold, gray monotone. Moses was the
meekest man, there never was any
meekest woman. Columbus discovered
America. John Hancock signed the
declaration of independence. In the
winter of 1s47 and 1s4s potatoes formed
almost the sole food of the Irish peas
antry. We are indeed all hurrying on
toward eternity. White sheep eat more
than black ones. because there are
more of them. A door is not door
when it's ajar. schlsyt name is pro-
nonnced Sly, and golf is 'gorf' It Is
highly impropef 10 wear q sillt hat with
q sack coat. There never was snc1a q
person as the Ahkoeond of Swat. The
greatest weakness of tie American peo-
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

During the week Texas and In
dian Territory stock and bee
steers 450 to-l. l.l57-pounds average
sold in extremes at $2. so to $4.2t
with grass steers up to 50. 80 and
the bulk Of all the steers, most 81
which were fed, at $s.7Oto $4.15
The best prices paid in th.
Texas and Indian Territory cattle
department this week were fol
meal fed steers $50 to 1, ,157- pounds
average, sold at s4.10 TO s4.25.
The best grass steers averaged
1.0O3 and 1,014-pounds and sold
at $3.50.
Texas and Indian Territory
calves during this week a year ago
sold at $3.50 to s11.50 per head,
the bulk at $500 to s1o.25; COWS
and heifers sold at $500 to $500
the bulk at $3.50 to s2.S5 and
steers $50 to 1.303-pounds average
at 50. rs to $3.50 with the bulk at
at 1920 to $3.50.
During the first five days of the
present week quarantine cattle
offerings amounted to 266 cars.
Texas furnished 167 cars, the In
dian Territory %, Alabama l car,
Mississippi 81 cars, Arkansas 46
cars, Louisiana 2 cars, and Tenn
essee l car.
So far this week the Indian
Territory furnished the market 2S
cars of cattle against As cars all
last week and 20 cars sent in dur
ing the week before.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

At meeting of the Ardmore
bar last Tuesday resolutions were
passed endorsing bill for the cre-
alton of a supreme court for the
territory, with two a sittings year
each at Guthrie and South Meal
ester, and the Ardmoreite claims
that the bill as drawn up by the
association has been endorsed by
Judges Springer, Townsend and
Clayton. Attorneys of both terri
tories are anxious for a change
from the present system which is
so unsati isfactory, and the one con-
templated by the Ardmore bar
may meet the requirements and
approval of the attorneys of both
territories. Capital.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

Now that the Dawes and the
Cherokee commissions are about
to try and formulate an agreement,
it is time to be looking after the
grants for the various schools and
churches. Concerted action gives
greatest promise of success.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

1t is not definitely settled as to
where the two commissions will
meet to deliberate upon an agree
ment, but Fort Gibson is spoken
of as good place to meet. 1t is
to be hoped that the old Dick
Adams and Gen. Armstrong town.
site scheme will not be renewed
in case Fort Gibson is selected.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

The Delaware claim will be one
of the snags upon which the com
mission are liable TO hang up.
The masses of the Cherokee nation
will never ratify a treaty that re-
cognizes the Delaware claim as it
stands in the suit now pending,
and it would be folly to present
such treaty for ratification
Those registered Delawares now
living are entitled to 100 each.
but children born to Delawares
since coming to the Cherokee
nation are only Cherokee citizens
and will never get anything more,
and any agreement that gives
them more would be promptly
voted down.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

Any settlement Of the town lot
question would be an improve
ment over present conditions. It's
assured permanency thatis needed
to make the towns grow.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10
The German military attache

The German military attache
who was dispatched to Cuba with
the American army, in a lecture
at Berlin Thursday night, said the
only good volunteers were the
rough riders. Had he gone into
details Troop L would certainly
have been mentioned, for this
company was the very backbone
of the command.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

The secretary Of the interior
has recommended an appropria-
tion Of Fifty thousand dollars to
'defray the expenses Of alloting the
lands OF the Seminoles.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10
Dress Making.

Mrs. Carpenter is dress making at
Gray's store. Fit and satisfaction
guaranteed. Your work solicited.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

The opinion rendered some time
ago by Judge Thomas as to the
constitutionallty of the act of June
7, 1897, has been misquoted, mas
much as it has been declared gen.
orally by the press of the territory
to be the Curtis bill that he was
passing upon. The opinion was
rendered at Muskogee on the 4th
instant and had no reference
whatever to the Curtis act The
constitutionality of portions of the
Curtis bill has been passed on ad-
versely by Judge Thomas here and
elsewhere.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10
4 Church Hair Pulling.

A story reaches here of hair
pulling in the Baptist church at
Jefferson, in Grant county, Okla,
in which doctor, the pastor, and
the brethren and sisters generally
entered into the scramble, and
made the fur and benches fly
around in a very lively way.
Charges were made against DR..
Bridgeman, prominent physi.
clan, for violating the church
rules. DR.. Bridgeman filed chrges
against the deacon of the church
for working on the Lords day,
and against Rev. Love, the pastor,
for being too gay with the lady
members of the church. When
DR.. Bridgeman uttered reproach
against the pator half dozen sis
ters and several male members of
the church ran to him, and the
men pelted him with their fists
and the women pulled his hair
and whiskers. The doctor was
badly used up. The trial is set
for the 18th and a lively time is
ected.-Guthrie Leader.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-10

The Muskogee Times misunder-
stands the Capital. 1t has not
criticised Col. Soper. On the con-
trary, and the colonel can testify
to the truth of our assertion, the
Capital has invariably spoken of
him as gentleman who worked
hard for the government ard was
indefatlgable in the prosecution of
criminals. OF course some things
mild animadversions, they were
but they were spoken in Pick
wickian sense and SO understood.
AT least, Col. Soper mas not fled a
complaint at this Office. The Cap.
ital leaves the criticism of officials
of the northern district to the pa.
pers Of the northern district, and
the coragecns journals up there
did a pretty good job of il last
summer, else we are much mis-
taken. Z Capital. a as
Evening journal., 1898-07-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Very many short-sighted people have
prominent eyes.
Every German regiment has chirop-
odist in its ranks.
Mexico denotes the place or seat of
Mexitti. the Aztec god Of war.
Rain falls on the eastern coast Of Ire
land about 20s days in the year.
Within tho Antarctic circle there has
hever been found a Towering plant
The largest carpet in the world is in
Windsor castle, being 40 feetin breadth.
A blind bat avoids wires and obstruc-
tions as easily as II st could see per-
fecuy.
A doctor says that the growth Of chill
dren takes piuce entirely when they arc
asleep.
There could not possibly be q whittier
city than Cadiz unless It were built of
snow.
A whlstling eel has been discovered in
the Fiji islands. 1t only whistles when
excited.
There are several varieties Of fish that
cannot swim. In every instance they
are deep-sea dwellers and crawl about
the rocks, using their tails and fms as
legs.
The largest cask in the world Is the
Blatner caslS of Nuremburg. It is io5
feet in diameter and 81 feet deep, and its
completion q few years ago was cele-
brated by a ball, at which over 500 per
sons were on the floor Of the casl, cx-
cluding musicians, walters and assist
nrfr
Evening journal., 1898-07-05
EXPENSES OF TOURISTS.
The Total Estimated at s7OO,OOO,OOO
Year-Nice Made Rich
by Foreigners.

The amount of money expended by
tourists in Europe has, If official records
abroad are TO be accepted as authentic,
increased enormously of late years.
There has been recently filed with the
Swiss minister Of finance and customs
at Berne a detailed statement Of hotel
receipts IN that country, from which it
appears that the gross receipts Of Swiss
hotels rose from 52,s0o,oOo francs In
1880 to 114,333,O00 In 1894. The entire
annual expenses of the Swiss republic
amount in year to between s0,o00,000
and 10000, 900 francs (the budget for
this year is given at the latter igure),
and it would seem, therefore, very much
as If the hotels Of Switzerland take in
in a year more than the government it.
self does. The Swiss figures are not the
only ones furnished in Europe recently
on this point. a French record shows
that every year there are 10000 for
eigners who pass from fortnight to a
whole winter on the Riviera. Every
person is supposed TO expend on an
average 1000 francs, or $500, IN the
country. In other words the foreign
visitors spend I'm the country every WIN
terthe sum ofs54,ooO, 600. The English
are put down as contributing one-third
of this amount; the French themselves
contribute another third; Germans,
Belgians, Dutch, Russians and Ameri-
cans contribute the remainder. From
being poor country when il was an
nexed to France, in 1850, Nice has be-
come one Of the richest departments of
the republic.
Some figures recently compiled of the
revenues 6f hotels from tourists in
Paris show the average number of for.
eign visitors to be GO,0O0. It is custom.
airy to estimate at ten francs, or two dol
lars, a day the hotel bills Of strangers
in Paris. Estimating at two dollars q
day each the hotel bills of 00,oo0 tour.
lists, and at about as much more theli
other outlays, It is 10 be seen that tour
lists in Paris can be put down for an ex
penditure OF nearly quarter Of Ia mil
lion dollars a day.
The total sum expended by tourists
in Europe in year is probably not fai
from 500, ,Oc0, 600, and q very considen
ble portion of this comes from the pock
cts. the purses. and the bankers bal
ances Of Americans, who are proverbial
ly the most liberal among travellers
Russians come second. Brazilians third
IN Y Cun
Evening journal., 1898-07-05
FORTUNE IN PEARLS.
How sam Harris. the Pearl King,
RcvoIutsoniacg the Trade In
These Gems.

In the jewelry trade Samuel Harris,
m American, is known as the pearl
king. Although only 80 years old, he
has built up an immense businessin the
pearl and pearl shell traffic, and his rep
utasicn extends even to Europe. He is
known in Tahiti and in the jewel mar
lSets of America and Europe for his fair
dealing, his enterprise and his reliabil-
lty, and his trademark, ii" sur
rounded by a diamond, is guarantee
of excellence. 1t is in the Society
islands that most Of his pearls are gath
cred, and be began there as a mere
boy
it took years for him to induce the
natives to trade fairly with him and to
60 extensively into the business Of pearl
gathering. He was a natural judge Of
pearls, and his unerring judgment in
valuing shells at last earned for him the
respect of the natives. His dealings
with them was so fair that he finally
won their entire confidence. Always an
admirer of pearls from an aesthetic and
romantic standpoint, he first began to
look at them in the light of commerce
when he visited the Society islands and
found the gems in such common use.
Returning to California, he fitted out a
ship with cargo of knives, clothing,
fish hooks, etc, costing $4,000, and bar
tered these for $4,000 worth Of pearls.
Since then he has gone back on similar
trips and returned with gems to San
Francisco The cargoes which he took
to the natives were highly priced by the
latter, and even to-day they consider
themselves well paid by the exchange
Of pearls and pearl shells for articles Of
greater use.
Previous to four years ago the only
shells used In commerce for the manu-
facture Of ornaments, etc, were ofvery
inferior quality. Harris has changed
all this, and now four excellent grades
are exported by him. He buys them in
bulk, and the prices range from 5000 tc
81, 200 q ton. lie does his own buying
and can tell almost at a glance the value
Of a ton Of shells lying on the beach
These shells he ships by the thousand
tons each year all over the world.
lie has revolutionized the pearl trad,
Of America. Formerly we only had AZ
inferior article of pearl, but since IIar
ris took hold Of the business some OF thu
| linestin the world DOW come to us from
the Pacific isles. Not long ago h'
bought from a native fisher a blacl
pearl which weighed over six carats. i
was sold in London for s75o.-Chicag'
Chronicle.
Evening journal., 1898-07-05
~ crnnide proce.s.

~ 1897 one-tenth Of the 11,67s, 900
ounces Of gold produced was due 20 the
cyanide process. Only within the last
ten years has the knowledge been util-
lied that gold IS soluble in q solution
Of the cyanide Of potassium. Gold
bearing ore and sands Of a low average
can be proiitably worked by this
process alone, and the increasing yield
of the metal is in part due TO the fact.
In South African mine ore containing
over Ce cents Of gold per ton is profit
ably handled. At first two pounds of
cyanide per ton was used, but the guam
iity required now is half pound, the
operation having been greatly i'm
proyed.-St. Louis Giobe-Democrat