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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-13

B. P. Rasmus and Miss Beuna
Harris were married at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Ross
in Tahlequah, Sunday night, at 5
o'clock by 81. w. G. Shelton,
clerk Of the United States court.
Miss Harris is the daughter Of Ex.
Chief Harris and is pretty and
accomplished. Mr.. Rasmus was
raised in Tahlequah and ia we'll
known to the people Of Tahlequah
The Arrow extends congratula-
tions. Arrow,
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WITH A HAT PIN.
Drummer from Paris Alleged to
Have Been Stabbed by Woman.

CHICAGO. Feb. est is almost a GER
tainty that Bartholomew Brandt Brandner
the Partisan drummer who is dead at the
Palmer House. was murdered with wom-
ans hat pin. The autopsy showed not only
conclusion Of the BRAIN but small pune
ture which began near the corner of the
left eye and extended far into the interior
of the skull. 1t was not Of greater diameter
than the lead of pencil Four detectives
have been detailed on the case Bran0ner
entered the hotel ar a late hour bleeding
profuSely and fell TO the floor.
lt was said tonight that jealousy on the
part or woman is now believed To be the
cause OF the assault which resulted in the
death of Bradner. Before delirium made
his conversation incoherent he told his
nurse that he had had trouble with a wom-
an in st. Louis, but when questioned fur
ther he refused to say anything connecting
the quarrel and his injuries. Bradner, on
the night he was injured said that he
thought he had been drugged, and this,
taken IN connection with a peculiar injury
under the left eye, The result of 4 stab with
q sharp, slender blade, probably the orna-
mental pin worn in women's hair has led
TO the theory that Bradner's injuries re-
suited from a premeditated attack actuated
by 4 desire for revenge. Thus far the de-
tectives at work on the case have been un-
able TO obtain any definite clews of those
supposed to be connected with Bradner's
death.
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brick, erected at q cost to the State of ST.
~, that being the amount appropriated BY
the last General Assembly. This was the
full amount expended for material. the
work being entirely done by the boys or the
REFORM School. The bricks of which the
Dulldlng IS constructed were made, burned
ara iald IN the walls by the boys, and the
carpcntering plastering. painting, cement
work and steam fitting were likewise the
work or their hands, proving that, econoInl-
cally considered the State is the gamer by
the work or these boys, and that the money
expended in their education is well invest
ca. Ihe dedicatory exercises Were held In
the chapel in the afternoon. They were
conducted by Superintendent Charlton, and
were appropriate and interesting. The fol-
lowing programme was rendered.: Address
of welcome By president of the board OF
trustees, Gen. George +. AIcGinnls; state
nent of Cost of Building and Its Benen ts,
by Trust w. G.. Ball: What the Reform
School Teaches" by Representative j. Nj.
Barlow: THE Board of State Charities" by
A. w. Butler, secretary. These exercises
were supplemented by brief addresses by
Prof. Geeting, Representative Richard Mill
Ter, of Terre Hadte, Capt. Joseph Balsley,
mayor of Seymour. and Captain Barrett.
superintendent of the Ohio Reform School
for Boys. The songs, ''When / First Came
Down to Plainfeld," "Aint I Glad I'm
Hoosier." AMI The Farmer We're enthu-
siastically sung by the boys. Much regret
was felt at the absence of Governor Mount:
who was detained at home on account or
Illness. Interesting letters and kilograms
We're read from friends of the institution
who were unable to be present.
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Marcus Mote, the WeIl-knOwn Rich
mOnd Quaker Painter.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Marcus Mote.
one of the best-known characters of this
city, the State and the Society of Friends,
is dead. Some time ago he became de-
ranged and had been a patient at the East
ern Hospital. A wife and three children
survive. The children are Mrs. Frank
Haugh, of this city: Kirk and Samuel Mote,
of Warren county, Ohio.
Mr.. Mote was born in Montgomery county,
Ohio, 1917, and. was eighty-one years old.
For many years he lived in Warren county,
Ohio, and at Lebanon he met Thomas Cor
win. He became an intimate acquaintance
of the great Ohioan, and in later years
painted a picture of him that now hangs in
the Ohio Statehouse at Columbus. The pub
lie has never known who the artist was that
did the painting. as the picture bears these
words: by an unknown artist Mr.. Mote
came to Richmond about forty years ago,
and at once took an active interest in the
study of drawing In the schools, and he was
instrumental in having the Legislature pass
the bill requiring that drawing should be
taught in the public schools of the State
Mr.. Mote enjoyed the reputation of being
the first Quaker to overcome the teachings
of his church and devote his life to painting
He Iabored under many difficulties when
and could not be repressed. AT two and a
half years old he began to draw. He got
his colorS from red and yellow root and red
ink, and used q squirrels tail for a brush
in his first painting. In his early life Mr.
Mote came near being disowned by the
escaped through the powerful influence Of
friends
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GLIDDEN WILL CONTEST
ESTATE or THE wELL-KNowN
HoRsEMkN SAID TO BE DwINDLING.
Serious Accident at Overs Glass Fac
tory-Reform Training school
Building Dedicated.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE Ind, Feb. 2S-Augusta and
Mary Lail, minor daughters of George S.
Lail of Indianapolis, have instituted suit
here to set aside the will of their grand
father, Augustus Glidden, the noted horse
man. While they are the direct heirs and
recognized as such in the will, the property
is, however, tied up in trust in such man.
ner as to put it entirely beyond the control
of the two granddaughter. f. E. Glidden,
brother of Augustus Glidden, is the execu-
tor of the will and the trustee for the Lail
just filed asks that the will be set aside for
three reasons-unsoundness of mind of the
testator, because it was unduly executed
and because its execution was procured for
the purpose of fraud. The real motive back
of the contest is dissatisfaction among the
Lails over the management of the estate by
+. e. Glidden, who, they say, under the
will, is virtually the owner of the property
Mr. Glidden died May s, 1896. Since then
claims against his estate and judgments
have been paid and other valid claims are
pending until at least $4,000 will be con-
sumed in settling the estate, which orig
inaly was supposed to be worth $4,000. The
family of +. e. Glidden, in whose house
the will was written and where Mr.. Gid
den died. are literally provided for in the
will. +. j. Hall, Martin & Mcgee and
Judge w. A. Cullen appear for the plaintiffs.
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other peaths in the state.

COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Herman r.
Schaeffer, of st. Louis Crossing, Bartholo-
new county, died at his home yesterday.
He was sixty-tWo years old. For thirty-five
years he had been the station agent of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at st.
Louis Crossing. The funeral will take place
at Hope tomorrow morning.
Adam Click one of the most prominent
farmers of Bartholomew county, died at his
home this afternoon. lie was siXty-tive
years old
YORKTOWN, Ind, Feb. 2S.--J. Wesley
Hensley aged sixty, q well-to-do farmer
living about three miles east of Yorktown,
who has been partially insane for two
a halter off Il horse and put 1t around his
own neck and hung himself. He was found
cold and stiff in deaths arms this morning.
ELKHART, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Mrs. Charles
i. Brodrick, wife of one of the leading
manufacturers and bankers of this CITY
sis. She was stricken suddenly yesterday.
She was fifty years old and leaves a huS-
band and u young SON.
GREENSBURG, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Joseph
Davidson is dead, at the age of fifty-one,
of bowel obstruction, after q weeks illness
He was the only son of the late Andrew
Davidson. who was u supreme judge of this
State during the fifties. He leaves a wife
and son.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb 2S-Capt- F.
T. Hodge, Il wealthy wholesale liquor deal
er, died tonight, aged eghty-one. His
death was indirectly due TO u recent run
away accident.
KOKOMO. Ind, Feb. 2S.-Willam Secrist
an old resident of this city, died to-day
aged sixty-nine. Death was caused by a
fall on the icy pavement a week ago.
MADISON, Ind. Feb. 2S.-Mrs Moody
Park, widow of MadiSon'S first mayor died
last night aged ninety-two She was ma
tive of New England
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OBITUARY..
Col. John Thomas Scharf, an Ex-COn-
federate Officer and Historian.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-Col. John Thomas
Scllarf died at his residence in this city to-
day of paralysis of the heart and pneumo-
MA. He had been i'll since Saturday morn
ing.
Colonel Scharf was born in Baltimore in
lS43, and was graduated from Georgetown
University. In 1861 he joined the Confed-
crate forces and was wounded in the Sec
ond battle of Bull Run. In 1864 he took part
in the capture of the Newbern, off the coast
of North Carolina. In 1864, while bearing
dispatch to the Confederate government, he
was captured in Maryland, on his way to
Canada, and imprisoned in the Capitol
Prison at Washington. He was pardoned
in 1865 by Andrew johnson. After the war
he engaged in mercantile business in Balti-
more, but gave that up in 1874, when he
was admitted to the bar. In 1878 he was .
member of the State Legislature, and, later,
land commissioner for the State of Mary
land. He was appointed Chinese inspector
OIL the southern uslrlct of New York in
1888 by Grover Cleveland. He resigned this
posiUlon last September. Among other
works which he published were histories of
Maryland, Baltimore and the Southern
States.
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How a Fake Map Was Worked I'd for
Yellow Journal.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.-W. T.. Curtis, the
Washington correspondent of the Record,
says: The statement of Senior Du Bose that
no submarine mines or topedoes have ever
been placed in Havana harbor upsets one
OF the theories that have been most gen
orally accepted by those who believe that
Spanish treachery destroyed the Maine, and
the suggestion now is that some individual,
Cuban or Spaniard attached bomb TO the
hull But the naval authorities are re-
luctant to accept that explanation because
il reflects upon the seamanship and the mill
tary discipline of the Maine. 1t is impos-
sible to believe that so cautious command
or as Captain Sigsbee would relax his Wig
lance sufficiently to permit such an attack
1t is known that his guns were shotted ana
that torpedoes loaded for instant use lay
upon the deck of his ship. One explanation
is that q torpedo must have been loaded at
an abandoned hospital on the shore of the
bay opposite Havana, towed at tile end of
a rope or wire by boat until ii was in
proper position to be carried by the current
against the Maine and then released for its
work of destruction. The Spanish announce
ment that there were no mines or torpedoes
around the Maine is corroborated by a re-
port which was received some days ago at
tain Sigshee, fearing lest there might be
dangerous Instructions at the bottom OF the
bay, took the trouble one night soon after
his arrival to tow kedge anchor over the
bottom OF the bay all around the neighbor-
hood of his ship. If there had been mine
or torpedo in the vicinity it would have
been dislodged at that time,
There is not the slightest truth in the
widely-pubIished story that Consul General
Lee has Informed the Department of State
of his opinion that the destruction of the
Maine was due to external causes and was
the result of a conspiracy among persons
of prominence in Havana If General Lee
has sent any such information 1t is
known TO the President. the members of the
Cabinet and the assistant secretary OF state.
The general effect of the Spanish an
nouncement has been good; it has subdued
Indignation TO u considerable degree. The
character Of the canards that have been
sent out from Washington on this subject
Is illustrated by single incident A few
days ago a newspaper in New York pub
lished a map showing the location of the
mines in Havana harbor. which its reporters
claimed to have discovered lin secret
archives Of the congressional library" and
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Story of a RecIuSe,

OAKLAND, Cal, Feb. 2S.-The death o.
Henry Odenkerchen, who was for many
years almost recluse in the lonely hills of
Altamont, has revealed a story Of lost for
tunes and devotion to dead wife's men,
DRY. Thirty-five years ago he was one of
the Weaithiest inhabitants of New Haven
Conn. He was identified with the Win
chester Arms Company, having many largo
contracts with that corporation. He lost
his fortune through a shiDWreck which car
rled to the bottom Il cargo of ammunition
and arms in which he was heavily inter-
ested Before he came to California his
wife died. Her remains were inferred i'm -
New Haven cemetery. AS the city grew it
encompassed her resting place. A short
d ein re- before his death he refused to accept
$4,000 for the plat. He was postmaster and
express agent at Altamont, but his ventures
IN TINS State did not prove successful
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BODIES OFF VICTIMS.
They Will Not BE Permanently An
TERED at kCy West.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.--Commander
Forsythe, at Key West, telegraphed this
morning that he had, in execution of the de-
partments order, secured a plot of ground
in the cemetery at Key West in which will
be Inferred the remains of such Of the vic
Tins bodies as are brought from Havana.
Admiral Sicard personally will look after
the funeral arrangements. 1t is learned that
the Spanish officials at Havana have con-
sented to the removal Of any bodies here
after recovered, formality made necessary
by the fact that the Cuban law does not per-
NIT such removals from fear of extending
contagion. 1t is understood that the re-
mains are not to- be permanently inferred at
Key West, and this understanding gives
great deal Of satisfaction to the naval Of
ficials here who have had trouble in times
past in maintaining graves of sailors in
proper condition owing to the infiltration of
large quantities of water into the graves
through the porous and low lying coral
strands. AS the remains are inclosed in
Dramatically sealed zinc cases 1t is not be.
lieved they will suffer during their brlef
tnterment at Key West.
Captain Hawley, who is directly in charge
of that branch of the Navigation Bureau re-
lating to the enlisted men in the navy, IS
now directing the work of his office to the
issuance of death certificates to the families
of the dead. These certificates are issued
Dy the surgeon general anu NdNlSdllOn Du-
reau, and are thus conclusive evidence upon
the auditors of the Treasury Department,
who are thereby obliged to pay over to the
legal representatives of heirs of the dead
any sums of money that may be due them
by the United States government on ac-
count of accrued pay or retained deposits.
In the case of victims of the Maine disaster
the department is obliged iii many cases to
certify to the death of the sailors without
being able to secure evidence of that fact
through the presence of a body. 1t is as
Sumed by the officials that a man failing TO
report persisted in the catastrophe.
Letters are reaching the Navy Depart
ment from all parts of the country from
alleged relatives of victims, and it appears
that in numerous cases there are many
claimants for the small sums of money or
property that belong to the dead men. 1t
will be the duty of the department to try
to adjust these claims and reconcile CON-
hicts, and every effort is being made by the
officials TO do this as speedily as possible
consistent win the requirements of the
statutes.
Captain Sigsbee has telegraphed that two
more dead bodies We're recovered yesterday.
One was unacceptable, but the other was
identified that of J. w. Johnson. The
captain also announced the death in the
hospital at Havana of Sailor Holzer, who
made such a gallant struggle for life.
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Organising Nonunion Miners.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Feb. 2S.-President
Knight and Secretary Kennedy, of the In
diana district Of the United Mine Workers,
have returned frunI southwest Indiana
where they spent the latter part of last
week organizing the six hundred or seven
hundred miners in that part Of the State
In the Evansville district there are about
four hundred men, and only thirty are in
the organization. President Knight eX-
planned to them that they could not expect
to have the advantage of union wages I'M
less they were organized Committees were
appointed to visit all the mines and urge
the men to join the organization. All ex-
cept one or two operators are in favor Of
organization, because it will place all OPP
orators on an equal basis, whereas now
there are varying prices for mining. Pres
ident Knight made the announcement in
Evansville that he would not be a candi-
date for reelection. He will have served
two terms of one year each in April He
has perhaps the best record of any man
who has held the posi- ion.
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to have secured with great difficulty by the
arbitrary Intervention OF vice ffesoeHs
Hobart and Speaker Reed: Inc oriGinal %
this map was shown at the Navy Depart
nnent Saturday. 1t is an ordinary cnari OF
Havana harbor published for sale by pri-
Nate firm, and contains no redeIencg via a.
Gated by the reporter after the map was
photographed. There are no secret arcnlNes
in the congressional library. This map was
in the chartroom with several Thousand
others. catalogued and filed. ana always
open to the public between the hours or
a member of Congress is necessary TO en-
able an outsider to withdraw book or map,
and the reporter in this instance obtained
cate from the speaker without the slgltest
objection or the exercise OF any afpitrSfy
The stories that have been printed con-
corning the activity OF the army ana navy
are based on similar pretenses. Whlle y Is
true that the War Department mas tdhen
occasion TO ask an increase or the artilIeIy
arm Of the service in order 10 man tue new new
coast defenses and the secretary. OF tns
navy has asked authority to enlist iot on
sailors to man the new ships ana the olu
ones which have been put out OF comnns-
sion for lack of crews both requests We're
originally made in the annual reports or
these officials not only to the President, put
to the previous Congress. There are naH q
dozen men-of-war in the navy Tor when no
crews can be furnished, and 2,VVo more sali-
are absolutely necessary at present,
while at least 200 additional sailors will be
needed next year when the Inen-ot-war un-
der construction at present are completed
and ready for sea- Although we have been
improving our coast defenses very rapidly
at the rate of from Sc 100000 TO Sl0,0OOO0O a
year, and are mounting mammoth guns at
all the exposed points along the coast, there
has been no increase in the army since the
close of the war. and it stands in numbers
now where it stood in 1873. when the last re-
duction was made 1t is no sign of war,
therefore, bul only an ordinary precaution
that the military and naval authorities
should ask for the men they need
The friends of Senator Hanna are mueh
amused at the story that has been tele-
graphed all over the country that he is in
New York trying TO arrange for n war fund
of $500, 600 COO at the request of the President
The fact is that Mr.. Hanna's daughter. who
is attending Miss Porter's school at Farm
ington. Conn, has been suffering from
disease known as nostalgia, and persuaded
her father and mother to meet her in New
York for a brief holiday. which accounts
for Mr.. Hanna's presence in the metrOpoIis.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CONVICTION, Ind, Feb. 2S.-Apropos of
Indiana's being State distinguished for
social and literary organizations, it may
be mentioned that in all probability Cow
ington has more such organizations in pro-
portion to it's size than any other town.
Aside from the lodges and business and re-
ligious associations. there are fourteen
clubs in this city of $780, OF the literary
and self-improvement clubs there are the
Woman's Club. the Afterwhiles, the d. o.
f. Club, the Mothers Club. the Q: K. Club,
Dramatic Club the Budding Literary So
ciety, the Physical Training Club and the
Orphans Club. Then there are the Whist
Club, the Merry Twelve and the Dancing
Club which are purely social societies.
Seven of these associations are for women
alone while they have equal part with the
men in four others
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REFORM SCHOOL BUILDING.
Dedication of the New Training
school Built by the Boys.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ILAINFIELD, Ind, March 2S.-The new
school building just completed at the Indi-
ana Reform School for Boys was dedicated
to-day with appropriate ceremonies. At an
early hour friends of the institution began
to arrive, the first being d. NJ. Geeting, SUI
perintendent of public instruction, and a.
". Butler, secretary of the Board of State
Charities. The morning was occupied in
visiting the various divisions and Industrial
departments of the school. Great interest
" Is especially manifested in the manual
training school. The impression is that this
department is not excelled in the State. The
course of study is SO Systematically ar
ranged and graded, and the training so
thorough, that it IS believed no boy who
completes the course can fail to possess the
ability TO earn his livelihood on leaving the
school. The excellent management under
which this institution is working, and the
cooperation of trustees and officers, is APP
parent in every department The new
school building fills a long-feIt want and
will greatly add TO the educational facili-
ties OF the institution. The building is of
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They DON'T want War.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Nobody in this country ever really wartef
war but irresponsible Adventures Will, vel
low journals TO sell. II was hard to believe
this when the newspapers and the congreS-
sional debates rang with the brazeu Clamor
of wordy battle but it is clear enough now
in the great hush that has fallen OH tho
chorus of. orators and self-intervicwers at
the approach of possible actual crisis Tho
most remarkable feature Of the situation IS
the total disappearance of the oral belligCr-
ents who were believing their divine fury
and irrepressble valor into every open ear.
Even the Senate, that old guard of the
ciferous army, which might die but never
was silenced, has lost its tongue and the
speaker of the House has become sinecur-
list. Morgan and Mason have put off their
changing armor of triple brass, and the
House has suddenly forgotten that it
wanted the reports OF Cuban consuls The
grim shadow of what they summoned has
stricken them dumb. These gentry and tho
tocsin-sounding Governors and the newspa
per interviewer didn't want war; they only
wanted to make q noise. The country will
understand them better when they break
out agani.