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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-17

He-Do you know that for the last
hour l have been watching for good
chance to steal kiss from you?
She-Indeed! Don't you think It
might be well for you to consult an
ecuIist p Chicago Evening NewE-
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-17
ZEE MArrEE oE TOEz L01sI

viii 0ocBpy the commlssion .
treat vita the Dawes commlssIcas
IL the equitable ssstlsmess Of the
tomnIos matter. T0wnlofs in the
Cberokee nation stand upon diff
ferent foofing from the same kind
Of property In the Greek cO1ntrT.
The Cherokee nation By act of the
nzfioDzl couDeis ssgrsgzted from
The eomm0n domain one mile
square At some railroad siziiO0s
and At Tahieguzh, which vas plat
ted and sold by the town conmls-
eioners. There Ioss in many of
the towns have been highly in
proved az homes. and as places Of
business, and noH at THE final
windgp il develops that the title
still remains in the Cherokee ns-
ti0n, and that in order to protect
the Cnerokee citizens who have
purchssed and improved them ii
will Be necessary 10 insert some
thing in the agreement bearing up
on that subject The towns
should, in slI fairness and justice,
be allowed to purchase the town
sites entire az price that would
save The citizens enmssse from
loes. When the value OF the land
occupied il reached. the appyaise-
ment should stop, and such valua-
ton should certainly be independ-
ent Of all improvements on the
entire toEnsite. Those townlots
have in some instances been made
very valuable by the improve
menis made upon them, and in no
instance At any cost to the Chero-
kee nation at large. An amount
equal to the first cost Of the lot
when purchased from the nation
would be az fair a valuation gen.
orally speaking as could be reached
under all the circumstances, and
that would doubtless be satisfzc-
tory to both the lot holder and to
the Coerokee nation at large.
Those who have in good faith, and
at period when the Cherokee
government was mistaken IN its
privileges Of seIf.goyerDment, pur-
chased lots, should have some
consideration, at least accorded
fair treatment az class Of Chero-
kee citizens with equal rights as
others.
There il another class Of town.
lots beside those just mentioned.
Those occupied and improved but
which have never been segregated
or Get apart and sold as such.
Some system of estimation that
would conform to the real value Of
the lots independent Of improve
ments as in the case of those sold
by the nation could doubtless be
agreed upon that would satisfy all
parties concerned.
When it comes to voting upon
the acceptance or rejection Of the
treaty, II will be found that the
towns viii have great voting
strength, and influence enough, If
organized, which they may be ex-
pected to be, to defeat any agree
ment which does not in some rea-
sonable measure protect their in
terest. We hope the commission
will be able TO SO bold the scales
of justice as to protect the lot own
ers, and also the citizens at large
from loss, and that clear title to
the homes Of our people, in both
town and country will be secured.
The secretary Of the interior has
recommended an additional appro-
priation Of s22, 900 to carry into
affect The nroviaiona If the cuxf;s
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-17

The message of the Creek chief
contains some suggestions that
might be profitable for the Cbero-
kee commissioners to study.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-17

The secretary Of the interior has
recommended an additional appro-
priation Of $4,000 to carry into
effect the provisions Of the Curtis
bill.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
Potter News.

Mrs. Geo. Murphy and two of the children are having chills.
 Crops are all growing nicely now Plenty of new potatoes and peas.
 understand A. c. Goodwin had the misfortune to lose saw mill short tune ago Somebody stole it.
 ] was sorry to hear of the death of Gladstone. England will not have an other like hlm, I fear, but the great mus. die as we'll as the fool.
 SIR. Watt had the misfortune to lose the last milch COW he had last Friday by the train running over her. The train struck three in less than mile that day-one for MT. Barron, one for MT. Sellers and one tor Mir. Watts. It is very bad piece of road-a high bluff on one side and Rock Creek on the other. The cattle seem to take a delight in getting on that piece of road after the wheat and oats and won't get off for the train. AUNT POLLY.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
CYCLONE AT POTTER.
Account of the Fearful Storm Told by
 The Stars Correspondent.

have sad news to write this week. not so sad as it could have been, for so foras [ know no hyes were lost and no stock killed. Last Friday, the goth of May. 1898, will be day long to be re- nembered by the citizens of Potter A small cyclone struck us about 630 D. m. The cyclone proper divided this side of Two Mile creek and a small part of it struck us, utterly demolishing w. P. McIntosh's old gin and mill house, the school house, a house for c. T. Tar dell containing corn, the dwelling, out houses and barn of I. T. Barron. Mir. Barrons house had two rooms, one log and the other box house. He was in the log house, his wife and two daughters were in the box room. The lor house fell all around him, but he managed to get under the floor and crawled under to the room where he thought his wife and daughters were, pried up the floor by main strength, but they had gone out into the yard where he found them unhurt Mir Barron's corn and fodder were scatter ed to the four winds. All of Mrs. Garr's buildings, except her dwelling house and barn, were totally wrecked. All the fencing for over mile was laid flat to the ground. 1t swept on north, tearing up Mir. Phillips barn, scatter. ing corn and fodder, tearing up fruit trees by the roots. hear that it tore I'D all of s. M Imoe's buildings and scattered the family wearing apparel for over mile Will Riley is also re- ported as having sustained like loss. large crowd of friends and neigh bors have been busy since Friday re- pairing fences and gathering up all they could. Mir Barron, Mir Yardell and Mrs. Carr were badly damaged by the flood two weeks ago and were just getting sheir fencing up, but thanks to their kind friends who have helped them now for two days, they will get along all right H. P. Caudle's horse was blown between the forks of big oak tree and the fence and completely wedged there He had to be chopped out.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
Joint Celebrations.

The delegates of the Masonic Lodge at Camp Ground, Foster chapel, Shady Grove and Jackson Sabbath school met at camp ground, May IA, to arrange 6 program for the celebration at Noun tain Fork camp ground June 24, or which the following is h part:
 School will assemble and march at , o'clock. Opening addresses by Rev, IL C, Riding and Rev. Dr Dodd Rev A. r. Alexander will deliver Masonic address at p. m. Time will also oe given during the day to organize Sabbath school convention. and each school in the county IS reqnested 'o send delegate to this convention. lne delegates kindly request that no one intrude upon the celebration by erect ing swings, dancing platforms or lem onade stands on or near the said place of celebration. The invitation IS eN tended to the public to come and orine
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
From Rocky.

nice rain has just fallen.
 j T Bowling has moved to Rich Mountain.
 Robert. the son of c. E. Connally, is very sick
 B L. Garrison is working for Trip lett X Allen.
 Push up farmers and let us throw off the old way of farming and take up the new. We have the soil that will produce we'll with the proper care.
 NJ. H. Hollipghead has about half an acre in strawberries, the only patch in this neighborhood, and blythe way they are the finest we ever saw for size and beauty. Let us plant more straw berries and less cotton. They will grow here just as fine as any where else and we have a market for them. If we don't sell all of them at home we can easily ship them north and get good price for them Do away with the idea that cotton is the only thing we can raise that is ready money. We can sell all the fruit that we can raise. LUKE
The Mena star., 1898-05-25

As the active officer in charge of the business of the Bank or Mena, desire to thank our friends and customers for their hearty support and patronage during our one years existence. We give you above statement of our con dition at the close of business May II, the end of our first year On the same day, at a meeting of our stockholders 1t was decided to incorporate our busi- ness under the laws of the state of Ar kansas and pay up our capital to s2o,- GOO: which was done, and we solicit your business for the future on this new footing, feeling better prepared to offer safe depository and accommo- date our customers. J. s, KELLY,
 Cashier
The Mena star., 1898-05-25

$. o P. Jones, Milesburg, Pa, writes -'I have used DeWitt's Little Early Risers ever since they were introduced and must say I have never used any pills in my family during forty years of house keeping that gave such satis. factory results as a laxative or cath ar. tic. Pipl1in &5 Hanes.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25

s. E. Parker, sharon, Wis, writes;- "I have tried DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for itching piles and it always stops them in two minutes. l consider DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the great est pile cure on the market" Pipkin < Hanes.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25

The human machine starts but once and stops but once. You can keep it going longest and most regularly by using DeWitt,s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for constipation and all stomach and liver troubles Pip kin & Hanes.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25

me Cuban question and political is- sues sink into insignlfcance with the man who suffers from piles. What he most desires is relief. DeWitt's Witch nazel salve cures piles Pipkin S Hanes
The Mena star., 1898-05-25

well filled baskets that all may ha fad .'' Y Terrell and J. 0, Gates wers ap- pointed managers.
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
Price List of R. s. Owen.

9 lbs. Arbuckle coffee S1.00 10 lbs good green coffee loo 30 lbs navy beans 100 20 lbs best Y. c. sugar LOO 30 lbs steel wire nails LOO 22 yds. yard wide domestic LOO 25 yds good checks LOO yds. genuine Humbolt jeans LOO 20 yds. standard prints 100 Lippencott keen kutter or Kel-
 ly perfect axe 60 pair good traces 615 feet long 80 1 pair extra heavy traces feet
 long 50 100 lbs. full patent flour 2.4o
 5-tf
The Mena star., 1898-05-25
STATEMENT Showing
 the Condition of The Bank of Mena At the
 Close of Business, MAY Il, 1898.

certify that the above statement is correct.
 JS. KELLY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, notary public this May 12, 1898.
 w. IVAN MATHEW, Notary Public My commission expires September II. 19OO.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20
TRAVELLING MAN A SUICIDE.
Through n Letter Sent to
Friend.

UTICA, y. Y, Dec. 19.-When James II.
Read, n bookkeeper in one of the breweries
opened his mail to-day he found the follow
ing letter:
Dear Henry:-When this reaches you
l will be dead man in room at the
Metropolitan hotel, Fayette street. My son
Is sick in bed in New York and my wife
is in absolutely destitute circumstances.
AS the last request of an old friend. for
Gods sake send her SO so she will get it
Tuesday morning.
Fourteenth street, New York. / shall have
to be buried by the authorities. as l have not
one cent. But. Henry, be on hand il you
can and see that i am put away decentiy.
LEROY W. MIDLAM.
Sunday, Dec. IS
Mr.. Read stepped to the telephone and in
CURED Oft OF the h Metr9Roiltan ia II Mr, h M,diam
Then Mr.. Read told the clerk to send at
once to his room. break in the door. If
necessary, and discover the condition OF the
occupant. Within few minutes the ans
that he had shot himself.
Midlam was about 81 years of age. He
came here from Georgia many wears ago
and entered the office of Horatio Seymour
as a clerk. He became popular. and was
elected city treasurer. Finally he went to
Michigan and engaged in business with
Horatio Seymour. Jr.. and was very sue
ceSSful there for time.
He was a prominent Democratic politician
in that state. and was appointed postmas-
ter at Marquette during Cleveands hrst
unfortunate speculation and lost his prop
erty. The letter to his friend explains the
rest. He wrote letter similar to the
above TO another FRIEND. and one to the a,,-
thoritieS. His last occupation was a travel
ing salesman for Paraons Il Co.. tobacco
dealers of New York.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20
GIRLS WHO ARE H0BsON CRAZY
Lug OF Uniforms as Souvenirs of
Their Naval Hero-Uniform Wns
Not HObSOn's. However
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
An ensign on the New York recently had
been acting as escort to several Young
women who were curious to see the shin,
and as he passed the door of the room
that Hobson occupied just before he sank
the Merrimac the ensign casually men,
toned the fact. The girls stopped 1T once
ana insisted upon entering. They sat on
Hobsons chairs and bed examined eyery-
thing ninutely and asked u hundred ques-
tions.
And this is Hobson's. too. isn't it?"
eagerly asked one of them. looking at Il
The ensign murmured something which the
oh. il / dared" exclaimed the cir,
hesitatingly.: and then said, with sudden
decision: Yes: l Will; I'm going to have
"A but.onr exclaimed the leader of the
son Will never wear that uniform again.
1t too old. i believe I'll take the whole
The others We're silenced by this piece
of daring and all locked quickly toward
the ensign. He merely smiled but his
sla,L sllence was sutiicient consent, and they
IF you are going to take the Jacket.
you had better take it ALL" suggested the
ensign; Hobson would have no use for
The The other part alone, And so they bum
and hurried off the ship, if they feared
the ensign would change his mind.
What are those girls Juggling off with
them asked the officer of the deck as the
their package tenderly.
oh, that's a souvenir" answered the
ensign, laughing. ITS i wornout uniform
Of some petty officer; but they. think It's
| wasn't hard hearted enough to disap-
point them"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20
KNIGHTS OF LABOR LOSE.
Washington Judge DenOunces Their
Conspiracy to Dictate to n Lo-
cal TradeSmau.

WASHINGTON. Dee. 19-Judge Bradley,
of the District criminal court, overruied
the demurrer TO the indictment in the
knights of Labor case and, in Il vigorous
decision. stated that. against such combines
as that alleged in the indictment. the in
jured individual is at great disadvantage.
and requires the protection of the law
The case is against members of the Dis
trict assembly. Knights of Labor, who are
charged with Conspiring to injure the bust
ness of Il local tradeSman. because he re-
fused TO build certain wagons in the Dis
trict of Columbia. and the court, in over
ruling the demurrer, said a conspiracy to
injure rs mis1emeanor at common law
and indictable as such" and that by d
course of decision covering 4S cases. the
points are declared settled. among others.
that an Indictment will lie at common law
for malicious conspiracy to crush or ruin
third person in his trade or profession
By the demurrer all the facts. well
pleaded in the Indictment, We're for its pur-
poses admitted to be true. Not even the
slightest intention was made in argument
that the combination and conspiracy. and
the acts in furtherance OF 1t. We're lawful
or defensible. The attempt by the de-
PENDANTS saws the court, TO control and di-
rect the plaintiff. was inpertinent. arbi-
trary and oppressive Interference with the
rights and liberty of another.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20
MURDER OF MRS. CRAIG.
COrOner's Inquest BeEnn Yesterday
at Junction City md Was
Sensational.

JUNCTION CITY, KAS.. Dec. 19.-,Spe-
cial) The coroner's inquest over the body
OF Mrs George Craig who was murdered
last week at the farm of John krebs.
where she worked. began here to-day. The
court house was packed TO the doors with
eager spectators. The inquest to-day
brought out some sensational evidence
that points TO Mrs. John krebS. the 1etl-
GUS wife, as the one who murdered the
the city is running In that direction. The
two young Germans who were IN the
basement when the fight between the two
women was in progress. and who knew
nothing Saturday, the day after the mur-
der, swore to-day that they heard the scuf-
fie and the fight and heard the Craig
woman call many times for help. The
men went to the barn and heard more calls
on their way out. They swore they saw
Mrs. krebs leave the house. In leaving,
she walked. then ran, then walked: looked
around and then ran and disappeared in Il
ravine on her way back to the city. from
where she walked. The evidence of the
husband and wife at vital points disagrees
and the wife says the husband lied. Mrs.
krebS was tie star witness OF the day.
She has nerves of steel. While giving her
testimony she smiled frequently. She
showed the bloody knife 10 her mother
in-law as If 1t We're q Christmas present
the effect that the TWO young men at
tempted 10 assault the woman and then
killed her but it is not generally given
crelenCe.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20
LIEUTENANT H0BsoN's SIDE.
Are Tributes to the Daring of
the Merrimac Crew.

Lieutenant Hohson was putting the fin
ishing touches on his toilet last night,
half hour before being escorted to the ban
quet room, when a reporter for The Jour-
nal was admitted to his room. The deft-
ness with which he adjusted his collar and
the scrupulous care in arranging his black
SILK tie, the precision in parting his hair
and curling his mustache. and. lastly, in
Fastening his cuffs. mace II evident that
ne has perfectly mastered the art of
grooming himself.
Ihere was no unnecessary primping and
fussing. Perfumed waters and lotions
were not part of the dressing set. open
before him He was fastidious. but there
was no indication of vanity. The last
look at the mirror. as he Strengthened his
Waistcoat, was the last He Immediately
lost consciousness of his dress from that
moment and gave himself to the business
or planning his itinerary.
In choosing trains from Kansas City and
from Denver he asked several questions
and listened to various recommendations
ana then gave his decision promptly
Grace and conscious dignity characterized
hess matters and in the retirement of his
room as they DO when he addresses an au-
dience or embraces and kisses women.
Lieutenant HobSon took il good natured-
y when chaffed about his feat of kissing
hundreds of women.
The women? l think they are lovely" he
replied without the least embarrassment,
when asked point blank why he kissed them
SO freely.
II "dS ii lar cry from the handsome
young man in full dress. showing white
teeth below "A fetchingly curled mustache
to the begrimed and bedraggled hero of
Santiago channel, struggling against the
waves in a suit of underwear after two
sleepless nights.
How does il feel TO kiss them, lieuten-
anti
You viii! have to excuse me answering
that question. came the reply with the
same equanimity. You might ask the
women about it: they might describe the.
sensation.
1t is rot disagreaable?"
On the contrary. / assure YOU il iS very
pleasant Seriously. the women. 1 believe
have taken Il greater interest in the wal.
than the men. 1t has possessed them
more: ii has absorbed their attention.
Il must say, from my experience to-
Gay. The women of Kansas City are the
most charming of any | have met
our kissing feats may soon rival your
naval achievement
Well. there is only one meaning to be
attached to the attention | have received
from the ladies'. 1t IS intended as a trib-
ute 10 the feat of the Merrimac crew They
are sincere and | am glad the favors fail
to my lot plead guilty to the charge OF
encouraging rather than discouraging
them
There could he no mistaking the fact
that Lieutenant HobSUn enjoys the peculiar
junction of kissing women who come to
MN and that the fun Of il overbalances
any fears he may have that his fame as
a hero will suffer from his notoriety as a
kiSser.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20

Pected 10 paralyze him.

Pected TO paralyze him.
The crowd swept on. Some said, III you
pay the penalty This knowledge fell on
grateful ears. out of her cardcase came
IA card. and over the face of the writer
came a resolute smile.
she happened to be :. newspaper woman.
As she reached the handsome hero the
back of him shouted Here comes d news
paper woman" II a. sort of challenge.
Mr.. Hobson WAS getting warmed up To his
work. and without awaiting the prelimi-
nar!es about the autograph which made
ms question as TO paying the penalty
apropos. he asked it. AT the same time
thinking too long about that brilliant :e-
mark not TO make it now. Sallies of wit
noWsVer. We're not on the lieutenant's pro-
sfanlme- He was 10" kissing. pure and
She finished her sentence and he finished
nus ms: Neither M one knew what the other had
lieutenant's eye. The newspaper woman
understood it, but stiH she waited. The
reporters We're growing anxious. With the
same determination which has made the
lieutenant famous. he repeated his query:
Will you pay the penaity?"~ The writer
couldn't think. what penalty might be al
son why she shouldn't pay it. She said:
forthwith
The Hobson kiss is not a .Nethersole."
mas about it a gentle suggestion thai IL
lne audience Were not quite so given to the
rubberneck habit. and if the electric light
current We're to fail for about three min
uteS the Nethersole" would be laid out
cold and dead.
1t brought forcibly to mind a little ditty
beginning
lie gave her kisses one. kisses one.
he gave her kisses one, kisses one,
ne gave her kisses one. she said they'd Just begun
80 ne Kept a-ktssng on kissing
ana ending something like this:
He gave her kisses ten, kisses ten,
lie gave her kisses ten, kisses ten.
He gave her kisses ten she said Let's begin again."
so they Kept a-kissns on kissing
But before the writer had time to remind
Mf Hobson of it the unrestrained mirth of
me newspaper reporters reminded her that
there is limit to the nerve even of a news
paper woman. She took her autograph
card-that proof of having received a gen.
nlne Hobson-brand kiss which she will al
kiss. ~
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-20

Exams and AIR. Epperson, and marched
through the throng of women who had
gathered along the rotunda, and made his
way to the bottom Of the stairs, where he
took a stand on the lower step. His ap-
peararce was greeted with enthusiastic
shouts by the JJl or more men who had
gathered in the lobby of the hotel. The
band. which was stationed in one corner
OF the room, WAS playing inspiring airs. and
IL was several minutes before Nh. Evans
was able TO announce that all who desired
20 meet the lieutenant would be granted
that privilege if they would line UP ana file
past the place where the stand had been
taken. This announcement WAS received
with shout. ard there was veritable
stampede for the hero of Santiago. And
for half an hour Hobson WAS busily en-
gagged in meeting many OF the represents
tive men of the city. The crowd was Il
mixed one. however. for there were many
boys. a few-nrrroes. and some women,
who had forced their way iu TO get Il
glimpse at the popular idol
William Barton, former president of the
Commercial Club. filed past with his little
boy In his arms. and the lieutenant stopped
them in order 10 say a few words TO the
little one. \ soldier who had served in