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The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13

eral expectation and the indication of-the
Vermont returns, the Democrats have
not recovered any Of their losses of the
last four years, and the only reason the
Rspublican majority is less than four
years ago is because many Republicans
did not take the trouble to go to the
polls. Every county hes been carried by
the Republicans. and every county officer
elected is a Republican The indications
point to small gain Of representatives
by the Democrats.
The figures ON the congressional candi-
dates are incomplete, but 1t looks as if
Speaker Reed had received more votes in
this district than any other candidate
on the ticket, showing that the special
effort made to cut down his vote was I'M
availing, and that all his losses were due
to the general cause-apathy on the part
of the Repuhlicans-whioh affected the
whole ticket. His plurality will probably
be about 5000 which is nearly
four times the plurality he received in
1892, the last election before the Demo-
cratic slump.
Mr.. Despeaux, the Republican candi-
date for sheriff, ran behind his ticket in
the county considerably, but large part
thesvotes he lost went to the Prohibition
candidate, Mr.. Pearson, SO that MIR.
Chute the Democratic Candidate
gained but little. Mr.. Plummer,
candidate for representative from this
CITY. was cut severely, but his vote is still
more than 500 above the highest Demo-
cratic candidate.
:. What The general figures signify is that
the numerical relations of the two par
ties is practically unchanged, and that a
great many voters did not take interest
enough to go to the polls. By little
effort the Republican vote could have
been largely increased and the majority
kept up close to the figures of four years
ago.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13
THEY USED HIM WELL.
Blanchard Said That He Had Fought with
Evans ON the Indiana.
(Bangor News }

(Bangor news
On Saturday afternoon there appeared
in the streets of Bangor young man OF
about % years of age, dressed in the uni
form usually worn by sailors on pleasure
yachts. The young man had had few
thigh balls" as the young men about
town would say and he was feeling nne.
He met some well known young men In
one of Bangor's refreshment booths and
in reply to their query who he was and
what craft he hailed from said that his
name was Blanchard and that he was on
his way home to Gouldsboro on leave OF
absence from his ship, the battleship In
diana, Capt. Bob Evans.
That statement made him lots of friends
and those assembled in front of the bat
fell over themselves in their haste to buy
for the new hero.
The new hero hadn't expected any such
reception and said so, but he took every
thing that came his way, just the same,
and his arms had mighty long reach.
Would he eat something? Well, yes he
would, and then the hero worshippers
paid for oyster stews and other da1nt1es,
and during the lunch Blanchard told
wondrous tales of tho battle of Santiago,
| and the bombardment of Cardenas.
After the supper Blanchard and his
friends went out to see the town. They
saw 1t, also lot more liquid refresh.
ments, so that when they started to beat
up Main street the bold an-of.warsman
got in bad tangle and Patrolman Dono-
hue felt called upon to lock him up.
At the station Blanchard had been on
the Iowa, but insisted that Evans was
commander of the Indiana. He had dis
covered by this time that one of his legs
was wounded-this accounted for his un-
steadiness-but policemen are not easily
blutfed and so he was locked up.
On Sunday Chief Gilman heard the
mans story from this patr0lmen and
ordered Blanchard brought befors him.
To the chief Blanchard said that he'd
been a sailor on the Iniana and that at
the breaking out of the war that ship was
in the China sea and at once proceeded
to Manila That was too much for the
chief and the way in which he ordered the
bold Jack tar carried back down stairs
made that individuals head swim.
Later in the night Blanchard admitted
to Capt. Eahey that he'd never been on q
man t-war in his life; that his sea ex.
perience consisted of going coasting and
a few trips in a steam yacht, where he
secured the uniform which he wore when
arrested. His name is George B. Blanch-
ard and he is sailor on the schooner
RinsIeader. He says that the reason that
he jollied the Bangor young men was to
win a bet of 81, that he could pass him
self off as a man-of war s-man, which he
made with James Richards another
sailor on the Ringleader.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13
Study SHORTHAND.

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The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13

The latest news from Manila indicates
that serious trouble is brewing between
the insurgents and the United States
forces The former have not secured the
recognition from the latter they think
themselves entitled to and they are in
clined to resent it. There is no doubt
that the Filipinos can give us deal of
trouble if they are SO disposed, by carry
ing ON guerilla warfare in the neighbor-
hood of Manila and occasionally making
raids upon that city. 1t is beginning to
tie apparent that the abolition of Spanish
rule alone is not likely to satisfy the
Filipinos. They want to be the rulers
themselves If not alone, at least jointly
with the United States. A new regime
in which they will have no part is not
much more abrasive to them than the
old one which they have helped to abolish.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13
THE ELECTION.

The election returns are far from COM
plete this morning, but there are enough
to indicate pretty accurately what the
totals will be and what the Republican
majority. The returns SO far point to a
which is a falling off of 10000 from
Gov. Cleaves's vote of four years ago;
and a total Democratic vote of 49, 900,
which will be a slight falling of from
Johnson's vote in 1894. Contrary to gen.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS.

Some of the commissioners selected by
the President to inquire into the manage
ment of the army in the recent war have
declined and in all probability others will
The task which they are invited to I'M.
dertake is difficult and thankless one
at best, and it has been made worse by
the political aspect which the questions
to be investigated have been made to as
sumo Nothing but a strong sense of
public duty will induce anyone to serve
on this commission.
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The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13

General Miles has signalized his arrival
in this country by ordering the camp at
MoDtauk to be completely broken up and
the soldiers removed to other places. The
Secretary of War and General Shafter had
recently given orders to maintain the
camp for while longer, but Miles has
overruled them and ordered an immedi.
ate breaking up. Doubtless the order is
a wisesone. though there may be room for
suspicion that General Miles gave it just
at this time in so peremptory a man ner
somewhat with view to testing the ex-
tent of his control over the army.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13

There seems to be no doubt whatever of
the nomination of Col. Roosevelt for
governor by the New York Republican
convention on the first BALLOT Indeed the
chances are that before the convention
is held Gov. Black will be SO fully
gle he is making for denomination that
he will withdraw and permit Roosevelt
to be nominated by reclamation. Col.
Roosevelt will certainly command the
independent vote as well as the Republic
can, and in all probability will be
elected, Notwithstanding Tammany' s
grip on Greater New York.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-13

NEW POSTMASTER AT FAIRFIELD.
q MIR. Frank G.. burlington of Fairfield,
yesterday received his commission as
postmaster in place Of W. ]. Bradbury,
removed.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
Surviving Lincoln Pall-Bearers.

The two survivors OF the pail
bearers for President Lincoln were
in Washington a few days ago. To
perform this mouTaful duty to-
ward the martyr president, twen-
ty-two of the most prominent men
in public life at the capital were
selected. Twenty of them are
dead. One of the survivors is ex-
Senator Henry l.. Dawes, at pres
ent The head of the commission at
work on the Indian Territory prob
lem. The other is II. G.. Worth
ington. THIS generation will
hardly recognize the second name,
and when Mr.. Worthington made
his appearance on Pennsylvania
avenue one day this week he was
only recognized by few of the
old-timers. In the war period
there were few men in Washing
ter more prominent.
Mr.. Worthington had been one
of Walkers men on the Nicaragua
expedition. He had taken con-
splcuouS part IN the presluehlIal
campaign of 1886 as the personal
friend of Fremont, and he had
come to congress as the first repre-
sentative of Nevada in the house.
Subsequently President JOhnson
gave bim a southern mission and
President Grant made him col
lector at the port of Charleston, ).
g. On the day Of the assassina-
ton Mr. Worthington was with
President Lincoln at the white
house, and in the evening he was
at Ford's theatre when Booth did
his work.
The pall-bearers for the dead
president were Senators Foster OF
Connecticut, Morgan of New York,
johnson of Maryland, Yates of IL
linols, Wade of Ohio, Conners OF
California, represe ptatiYes Dawes
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
Death of a Wealthy Hermit.

William Baird, a hermit, died
last September near ii, Il small
village close to South McAlester.
He lived a lonely life far from the
haunts OF friends or relatives, and
rarely ever communicated with
any of his fellow-men. The few
who came in contact with him
knew that he was man of educa-
tion and had been accustomed to
the ways of refined society, but
nothing of his past or his antece.
dents was ever known. Last week
two well.dressed men appeared in
South McAlester, bringing with
them letters and legal docu-
meBts TO prove that they were DR..
II. and Jack McLaren, of Ottawa,
Canada, and that they were rela
tives of Baird, deceased. They
procured the assistance of an at
torney and told him that Baird
was a man who possessed deeds to
valuable property near Ottawa,
the property being 800 acres of
land valued at SI0O per acre.
They procured the papers and left
for their home after looking after
the remains of their dead uncle,
for they proved themselves to be
sons of Baird's sister.
They told the story of their un-
cle's life, which seems to have had
its early romance. Baird was a
graduate of Edinburgh university,
having finished his education there
in 1864. He fell in love with a
girl in Ottawa and was engaged to
be married TO her She threw
him over for a man who is now a
railroad president, and Baird left
the country, going to the British
Northwest Territory. A few years
afterward he drified to the Indian
Territory, where he died after liy-
ing the life of a hermit.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07

twenty-five to fifty hens. And if
properly handled would clear him
or her more than that number OF
dollars in year. Third, think OF the
quick returns. Look at the profit
The product of your poultry is
nearly all clear gain. Any small
plot of ground can be doubled in
its producing qualities by allowing
your hens to run on it.
OF course it requires application,
persistence and patience to win.
But these are traits greatly needed
by all hands. Don't run wild and
figure that if you can clear $50 on
fifty hens the first year that you
can buy a thousand hens and clear
a 81 600 in the same time.
Begin right and learn how to do
the business. Subscribe for some
good poultry journal. You can
get good one for % cents, and a
better one for 80 cents a whole
year. Let this letter set you to
thinking, and if you once get to
thinking You will more than likely
act right away. w.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
"Tbe trumnet shall sound and

he trumpet snail SOUND ana
the dead shall be raised incorrupt-
ible. Bible This is Bible talk
and it comes like balm of Gillead
to many members OF the Cherokee
tribe. The dead shall be raised
incorruptible. Just think of it.
Prominent men in the affairs of
the poor, little old Cherokee ma
tion for the last twenty years
prominent in the most conspicuous
steals made on the nation-and at
last, prominent in the social circles
of Heaven. Already promised a
passport, which St. Peter must
obey. they will eventually enter
the pearly gates with clean hands
-incorruptible. Aint it nice?
Well, it's all right. Any old thing
can pass our friend Peter under
such a promise. Well, let it CO..
Wan is not asking these promi-
nent men for anything but fair
and square deal. Jim Keys says
these patriots put him in. mind of
an 'old sow eating up her pigs"
and if jim don't know, nobody
does.-Fort Gibson Post.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
Cheerfulness as a Duty.

How many who read these lines
really consider it a duty, says the
Youths Advocate. to be always
cheerful? There may be occasions
when it is very difficult to main
tain an even temper and make
others feel the upliit a bright and
joyous heart always sends forth,
but every duty is sometimes hard
to peform. For the sake of ones
sell it is always a duty to be cheer
tul. Melancholy is a mild form of
suicide. 1t wears upon the nerves
and tends to break down the whole
physical man. 1t difgures the
face with ugly wrinkles and sours
the heart with unpleasant brood
ings. The cheerful soul lightens
life on earth and greatly increases
the pleasure of its own existence.
For the sake of others every one
should be cheerful and joyous un-
der all circumstanc s. 1t Is pleas
ure to be associated with a person
who has a bright ami happy dis
position. No one can long retain
friends and constantly burden
them with a wall about his woes.
People soon learn 10 shun a whim-
pering, complaining person as
bother and nuisance. Every
body wants the c0mpanionship of
a cheerful spirit and a pure heart.
Children should be taught the val
ue of such spirit to themselves
and everybody else from early
childhood and carefully trained in
the best way of preserving an even
temper and always maintaining a
cheerful spirit.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
Poultry ON the Farm.

NINITA, /. T., April 4, 1898.
EDITOR CHIEFTAIN:-If you can
spare the space, | will give your
readers few pointers on the above
topic. The importance of the
poultry business may be realized
when we come to compare it with
an old established business, like
the dairy. Dairying one year in the
United States amounted in round
numbers TO the sum of S250,000,- =
600. The same year the poultry
interests passed 00,000,000, and
the same year this country import
ed over Is, 100000 dozen eggs. If
these statements are true, and |
invite an investigation, there is
no danger of an over production in
many years to come, if ever.
The first thing of importance is
the small outlay of capital neces-
sary to start with. The second is,
the boys or girls could soon be in
duced to run this department, CIV
ing them an opportunity to earn
money and put them in the way of
learning them to become self sup
porting. Any boy or girl ten years
old ought to be able TO handle
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07

did not remember names. So they
would take charcoal, from the
camp fire, aud make a sort of In
dian mark showing what soldiers
belonged to the different reliefs.
After the boys had all gone to sleep
in the guard tent, and it came time
for another relief to go on, the In
dian sergeant would light a candle,
go into the tent among the sleep
ing soldiers and snoop around till
he found the right man. He would
grunt to the corporal, who would
take the man by the leg and yank
him out of the tent, on the fly.
This was kept up till all were got
ten out; and they usually got the
right men.-Eldorado Republican.
Stotler, is the brother-in- law of
the Republican editor and is full
blooded Dutchman. Possibly some
of his other Indians" are of the
same kind.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
Last Weeks Rock Greek Notes,

Miss Emma Anderson has the measles.
Farmers will get ahead of the weeds this
year.
Ed Miles and family visited the old folks
last " eek.
The oats are not hurt. some of the farm
ers think.
Dick Faulkner and wife, of near Alton.
visited friends here last week.
-Ctrl ground is most all ready and as
soon as IL dries up corn will be planted.
II. p. Johnson. of Chanute. KS. was in
tho neighbOrhOod this week on business.
Crit Jennings and sister. have the sympa-
thy Of all in the loss of their mother. Mrs.
Butler.
+ W. Propp and wife are visiting with
relatives and friends in Falkland and vicinity
this week
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07

The Cuban-Spanish situation
remains about as for the past week,
though diplomatic negotiations
with Spain terminated Friday. II
was the intention of the president
to send special message to con.
gress yesterday noon but it has
been deferred until Monday. Sew.
eral reasons are given for this ac-
tion. Consul General Lee urged
this course in order that as many
Americans as possible, who wished
to, might have time to get out
of Havana and to places
of safety, and for the pur-
pose of assisting them to
do so two small government yes,
sels, in addition to the regular
liners, went to Havana Tuesday
night. In addition, signs of weak
ening come from Spain, and the
representatives of several OF the
great powers at Washington have
undertaken to avert war, and held
a meeting to that end at the British
embassy yesterday.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07
THE PASSING OF BRaNN.

The fate of Brann, the caustic
editor of the Iconclast, published
at Waco, Texas, is in line with the
character of the man and sensa-
tional publication he edited.
Brann no doubt told the truth,
generally, but he selected the most
unpleasant things he could find to
say about his neighbors and left
the good unsaid. He received
what be might logically have ex-
pected, and the very thing he
seemed to be seeking. Human
society may be attacked in the ab-
stract, and wrongs that affect the
whole may be pointed out. but no
man can set himself up as a Judge
and deaounce right and left, and as
sumo things to be facts that are
really only heresay. Brann was
tarred and feathered and finally
shot and killed by meddling with
affairs not his own, and in no way
connected with the public veal.
The freedom of the press cannot be
pleaded when personal defamation
of character is the object sought.
The ill-odored Sunday Sun that
at one time had correspondent in
this city, is another example, but
its editor did not get killed as he
probably deserved, but his paper
was suppressed. Dunlop's paper
OF Chicago was another, and now
Dunlop is serving a term in the
penitentiary Brann attacked the
girls in a college in his own town
In order to make his paper sensa-
tional, but he overdid the matter
entirely and got himself killed.
The most natural thing in the
world has happened-a man who
has undertaken dangerous exper-
iment has only met a natural
fate. The freedom of the press is
is no way connected with the mat
ter, and is not in any danger, but
a man who has gone without the
pale of law and decency has been
caught, Samson like, in the ruins of
the temple he was seeking to de-
molish.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07

of Massachusetts, Coffreth of Penn
sylvainia, Colfax of Indiana, Smith
OF kentucky, Worthington of Ne
vada, Washbu OF Illinois, Gems.
Grant, Halleck and Nichols of the
army, Admirals Farragut, Shub-
rick and Zelin of the navy, Civil
lians o. H. Browning OF Illinois,
Thomas Corwin of Ohio, George
Ashman os Massachusetts,, Simon
Cameron OF ofPennsylvainia.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07

NEXT Sabbath is Easter. 1t is a
movable festival which is celebra-
ted annually throughout Christen-
dom, in memory of the resurrec-
tion of Christ. The word Easter
is from the Anglo Saxon, Eastre or
Oster, and the German, Ostern.
The Easter feast was in ancient
times devoted to Eastre, the God
dess of Spring, and the whole
month was given up to her honor.
The observance of Easter proper,
the celebration cf the resurrection
Of the Lord, dates back to about
the middle of the first century.
Easter always comes on the first
Sunday after the full moon which
happens on or next after the 21st
day Of March.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-04-07

Ok the first page of this paper is
printed very readable illustrated
article on, "Spain and her People, -
which, in view of the present rela-
tions of our American government
toward that ancient dynasty makes
intensely interesting reading. The
history of Spain can be traced in
blood from the reign of Charles
First down to little twelve-yea
old Alphonzo, the present youth
ful king. Spain has been especially
noted for her inhuman cruelty,
vented mostly and generally upon
the heads of her own subjects. 1t
is a bit of history worth reading
carefully.