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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
= Vision
of True Love.

The other afternoon was dark and
dreary as, with drawn curtains ana
glorious fire, sat in our old, oak pan
eled parlor, in my greatgrandfather' S
chair, which is our chief household
relic, and gazed, with my elbows on
my knees, vaguely into the fire, I'M
mersed in dreamy thought. On the
faunty modern sofa. with It's amber
damask knocking the sterner beauties
of the older furniture, were my Aunt
Margery and a friend Of hers, Who
like her. was advanced into the region
of q venerable spinsterhood. AS l
said I was immersed in dreamy
thought. | was away in the midst of
Fairvland. with Puck and Oberon; IN
the grim Swartzthal, with the water
shirt Kuhleborn; or caught up with
Dante and Beatrice to the loltiest
heavens. And yet, throughout, had
a confused knowledge of the CONVEX
sation my lady companions were mold
ing. all too fluently, close at nana'
They were talking of an unfortunate
love case in our neighborhood. Ho"
a Young couple had betrothed them
selves. long before marriage was pos
sihle and for ten long years had been
faithful to each ether; how the lady
had rafused | know not how many,
,noneved alliances; and how, just
when the great consummaton Wouid
have come. death stepped in and fof-
babe the banns forever.
Now" said my Aunt Margery, with
acerhity. look at the poor fo0llsh
creature. She is a girl no longer-she
mas thrown herself completely away
she has refused the best offers one can
imagine. and may be considered as
shut out of the marriage circle alto-
gether. For my part, have no pa
fence with your long engagements.
"sMsn is a creature Of long engage
ments''' I muttered solemnly, quot
ING the master spirit of the age; ana
thereupon l fell into a reverie, VS.
ion came lid before me of an ideal
nair who. amid a false and hck.e
world, were yet true and steadlasC II
was a youth, who, placed among the
ceaseless distractions OF the "oIhinS
day world" in the very center Oh Ihe
vortex Of business and hard nlechan-
ism. still maintained his noDler' spi!
itual nature supreme, nor sumo ~
manly purity and vigor to be stlnea W
the foul materialism round about hlil'
TO him, if TO any, it was na'ufai
that love should be communicated III
III pristine spiritual depth and truth.
He saw that the Great Father sehus
His beings forth in pairs, and that 70
every man is there given an eastern
Star which he must look for, and wait
for. anxiously, with his treasures ana
spices ready, until it stand IN the
heaven still above him, and he BOWS
before it. AS yet this soul star had
not been revealed unto him; but ne
toiled cheerfuily on, prepared when 1t
was revealed, did all the universe say
nav to him. to acknowledge that soul
and be faithful to it.
There was also, in my vision, the
shadowy form of dear and lovely
woman; who, educated among all the
sickly imbecilities and artificial man
ners that disgrace our land in all our
plans of female culture, had not sunk
the woman in the lady, but, while a
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13

he is a perfect brunette, and yet the
lady pointed out as his wife was dark
haired. In THE Quest of the Golden
Girl be finds that the woman whom
he loves and whose hair is golden has
gained this golden tinge through the
agency of a little vial marked "Perox-
ide of Hydrogen" so he asks her to let
her hair go back to its natural color,
and she promises to do it, saying at
the same time, with that wonderful
foresight that comes only to women,
All right, dear, but something tells
me that when my locks are all brown
again our happiness will be at an
end"
He asks her how long it will take
for this wonderful hair, which reaches
almost to her feet, to lose its ar
tificial color, and she tells him about
two years. He speaks of cutting a
lock of it-that is. one-half golden and
one-half brown-and he says it seems
TO him to represent her life, only the
dark part is the golden and the golden
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
SHE GUARDS THE
MORAL WICKET.
Mrs. Regina Stucklin, immigration InspeCfress,
0nd Her Work.

his real wife behind him when he
sailed, preferring the inamorata whom
he has in tow.
The there are young women with
elderly lovers, fleeing from the wrath
of husband or wife; eloping couples
scurrying before the blast of parental
opposition; girls who have yielded to
the attentions on board ship Of strang-
ers or former friends and covoyag-
ers.
All these and many more it is Mrs
Stucklin's duty to discover. How she
recognizes them is a mystery to one
unfamiliar with the motley crew she
overlooks. There are signs in girls
face. What they are-blushes of
shame or JOY, proud possession OF a
sweetheart or expected husband-Mrs.
Stucklin's long study Of feminine hui
man nature in the steerage has taught
her. And there passes in review be-
fore this tall, dignified, impressive
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(ConYrisht. 1851

New York, March 1O.-For fourteen
years Mrs. Stucklin has guarded the
moral wicket of the immigration high
way into the United States. The
plain record, Mrs. Regina Stucklin,
instructress, in the blue book of the
Treasury Department gives no hint Of
the peculiar nature or extent of the
work she does, still less of the con-
scientious manner in which Mrs.
Stucklin guards the trust imposed
upon her.
In these fourteen years 2,500,0 900 wo-
men coming into the port of New
York by the immigration bureau have
passed under Mrs. Stucklins critical,
questioning eye. and to her thousands
of children i'll the United States, per-
haps thousands yet unborn, own their
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
(Copyrleht.l


II is a good thing to be endowed at
ones birth with enthusiasm. Per-
haps those people who are stolid and
90 not allow their fancies to get the
advantage Of them go through life in
more even manner, but | doubt if
ihey get one-half Of the pleasure out
OF everything that comes to them as
does the enthusiastic woman. 1 say
enthusiastic woman" because enthu-
siasm In a man is apt to degenerate
into Stiffness unless it grows into
hearty likes and dislikes about the
time he is u. But that is another
story.
When l first read the "Prose Fan
cies" of Richard LIE Gallienne, I said
to myself: Here is a man who knows
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
SOME OTHER BOY.

Indignant citizen-Say! Your D."
threw a stone at me just now ana pa''
ly missed me. .,..7
Mr.. Grogan-Yez say he missed y.'.or,
eThat's what 1 understood nlS''N
to remark" ,,o,oro'is
at was not my bye. "-lndianapO'''
Journal
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-13
A PREREQUISITE.

Willie (studying his VirgiD--Pa' ..;, -,
stuck The Trojan gladiator is say'D.t
something to his rival ana ] '
make it out. -. - %
Father-Maybe he's telling u ~" psc.
get a reputation. Philadelphia w.
ord.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

To a man who never sat i'll a great
criminal court in his life before, there is
a certain indefnable fascination in being
present in the United States court now i'll
session in this city, where the ponderous
criminal mill is grinding away, day after
day, and week after week, on what ap-
pears to be an inexhaustible grist of
crime, supplied by long, long list OF
criminals who seem to be absolutely
endless and numberless. The guileless
creature, whether man or woman, who
has learned to think of life as one long
DAYS ramble i'll the forest, on the moun-
tain side, or over the fields i'll the soft
sunshine. with the singing Of birds over
head i'll the branches of every tree, and
wreath of flowers lining every path, and
to think only of death as the quiet sleep
that comes at the end of it, WILL after
sitting around Judge Thomas court few
days, begin to believe that all the world
are criminals. and that those on his right
and cn his left are murderers or horse
thieves. or felons of some other name.
In the hall below the court chamber
most any day may be heard the tramp of
marshals with prisoners going through to
the Jail. Sometimes the clanking OF
chains fastened to the limbs of men on
their way to the prison may be heard.
A line of men is marched into the court
room and seated in the prisoners dock
each day, who have either been con-
victed of crime or desire to plead guilty
and be sentenced by the court, some to
years of hard labor i'll some federal
prison, others to a Jail sentence Of some
weeks or months, as the gravity OF the
offense may appear TO the court, or be
fixed by statute. 1t may BE-, doubtless
is, a fact that men grow familiar with
such scenes, as undertakers get used to
death, and soon regard them as common
place, routine business incidents and
care little for it, but there is morbidity
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
Regarding Adulterated Flour.

Being large producers of the -four
used in Vinita and vicinity, and in
view of the fact that very large
gauntlet has been thrown down, we
desire to say that no corn or other
adulteration is employed in our pro-
duct. We have no machinery which
produces anything but absolutely
pure flour, and no disposition TO resort
to any deception whatever. Our
agent at Ninita, w. Il. Badgett, is
authorized toguarantee the absolute
purity of our flour.
ALTON MILLING Co.
Alton, /. T.. Feb. 0, 1898.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

The power TO enforce the permit
law white clerk law) and other Chero-
kee enactments by the United States
courts is to be tested, as the grand
jury, by direction of the judge, took
up a case and returned an indictment
against the proprietor of the New
York store, at Claremore. 1t now
turns out that the owner of the store
is a lady, Mrs. Thurman, but as this
fact was probably unknown to the
grand jury it is not to be accepted as
a reflection Of their gallantry.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
e FREIGHT CAR standing on the

IN FREIGHT CAR standing on the
ia katy" track Sunday night was
broken open and one or more boxes Of
dry goods and notions, consigned to
the Jumbo store, opened and some of
the contents pulled out. When COM
pared with the invoices nothing was
found to be missing except a package
of dress braid, valued at perhaps half
a dollar, and it is MT improbable this
was omitted by the wholesale house
in packing. The robbers were very
likely in search of clothing, or some
thing of that character. which they
could make use of. The same night
NJ. X. Barron's blacksmith shop was
entered and a number of tools stolen.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
tI,HE REPORT came yesterday

INHE REPORT came yesterday
Il that a double killing had oc-
CURED Tuesday night at Nowata. The
facts seem to be that the town mar
shal, a man named Wilson, who was
also a deputy United States marshal,
was shot and killed by stranger, and
he in turn killed his assailant. 1t Is
thought to have grown out of the
killing that occurred in that town
some months ago in which the city
marshal and his half brother were
killed.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

DASSENGERS on the sOuthbound
Ea NJ, X. & T. train Thursday last
were edited or diSgusted as their
tastes ordered by the actions of man
and woman who got on at Nevada,
bound for Wagner. a man had been
taken into the household, sick, and
cared for, and rewarded his benefactor
by running away with his wife. The
deserted husband found the pair at
Nevada and instead of prosecuting
them, took his wife home, and they
spent the afternoon in crying and
otherwise making a spectacle of them
selves.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
Eureka Springs, Ark, to Open on
the First of March.

1t is a modern stone fire proof hotel. To-
Gated i'm the heart of the Ozark mountains,
northwest Arkansas; climate mild and brac-
ing. scenery wild and beautiful; waters un-
equaled for purity and medicinal qualities
rates reasonable. Grand opening on March
LIST. The Frisco line will sell excursion tick
cts from Vinita. good ten days. for =. %. For
particulars address Jno. o. Plank. manager
Crescent. or b. Z. Walker, agent, Ninita. 1T.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

| GPENING NIGHT is always a ga
W la occasion but it is doubly SC
when it applies TO the opening OF a
new house of amusement, and when
especial endeavors have been put forth
to conserve the happiness of the
guests. as was the case in this in
stance. thanks to the manager, Mr..
Joe II. Butler. Monday last saw the
opening of the newly erected Ninlta
Opera House and by a company PROB
ably unIivalled in excellence in the
history of this town, the Graham Earle
Co.. presenting 1.-THE Inside Track" as
the initial performance. For several
days previous the company's manager,
Charles II. ROSskam, had been in our
city and aiding as only professional
can in the preliminary arrangements.
When the curtain went up at $50 the
company looked out upon as fine an
audience as Vinita can assemble, and
a tolerably fair acquaintance with the
town moves us to say that we have
some mighty nice folks here. The
boxes were kindly placed at the dis
posal of the officials and the press; the
parquet was brimming full of youth,
beauty and refinement, and largely de-
void of big hats; the house was COM
pletely filled on both floors. Mayor
Burlington was asked to dedicate the
house to the purposes for which erect
ed, but Tom amt much on speech
making and on this particular occa-
sion was dOubly anxious for the pro-
ceedings to begin-to see the show
and so grace" was cut decidedly
short. The play, 1.-The Inside Track, "
presented as the opening bill is very
pretty melo-drama, and has the merit
of introducing a vein of delightful
comedy of two decidedly distinct char
acters-one, the refined, as presented
by Graham Earle, as Harry Denbigh:
the othsr of the BOwery order as por-
trayed by Hugh Morrison, as Jim Dar-
sey. TO tell of all the good actors in
the company Is TO name them all and
is to some extent like comparing one
silver dollar with another. Wherever
Mr.. Earle appears he will be recog-
nized as an actor in its broad, liberal
sense and the same is the case as to
Cora Hammel Earle, who seems espec-
tally adapted to those characters
which present the true type of woman
hood-strongest in adversely. One
unfortunate incident occurred in con-
nectiOn with the opening of the house
and that was the enforced absence of
the gentleman who erected it, Mr..
Robert Ironside. During Monday af-
ternoon, while assisting in the finish
ing touches upon the stage, MI Iron
side was walking backward, when he
stepped upon what was to be the trap
door, and which had been sawed al
most out. 1t gave way with him and
he fell a distance of some seven feet,
striking his back upon trunk. While
not seriously injured. his hurts have
been such as thus far TO prevent his
visiting the house since, but the latest
word is that he is getting along as
well as was TO have been expected.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
MORNING J. c. Starr

Il of Grove, received the sad intel
ligence while sitting in the jury box
in Judge Thomas court, that his baby
at home was thought to be dying and
to come Immediately. Mr.. Starr has
been serving on the regular panel of
the petit jury during the entire pres
ent term Of court. The little one
was but eight days old and had what
appeared to be pneumonia. At the
time mentioned an attack of Group
set in aud the little one died about
five o'clock in the evening.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
In the u. s. Court.

The prosecution commenced Monday
against several parties from near Nowata,
charged with intimidation, was dismissed
by the Judge and referred to the grand
jury. There were upward of score of
witnesses.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

Evidence gathered on the outside
seems to indicate strongly that the mob
which burned the two Seminole boys
on the line of Oklahoma and the SEM
mole country few weeks ago, made a
fearful mistake, and that at least one OF
the victims was entirely innocent OF the
murder of Mrs. Leard Assistant District
Attorney Parker went down to Shawnee
Monday evening to investigate the mat
ter further, and the government seems
determined to ferret the whole thing out
and bring the guilty parties to justice,
including the real murderers of Mrs.
Leard. Between fifty and sixty indict-
ments have been returned by the late
grand jury at this place and it is further
said that probably a score more names
will be added to the Est. Mobs are al
wavs dangerous, and the annals of this
country are replete with just such mis-
takes as the recent Oklahoma mob made.
II seems to be settled beyond dispute
that Lincoln McGeezy was an innocent
man, and that Palmer Samson, after be-
ing ''strung up by the neck three or
four times, yielded TO the wishes and be-
liefs of the mob and implicated McGeezy
in the vain hope of placating his tor
mentors and mayhap saving his own life.
Every citizen should insist upon the en-
forcement of law, and use all legitimate
efforts to see that criminals are legally
punished, but mob violence should be
forever discarded.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

Perhaps the most important case yet
tried in the United States court at this
place, and certainly the most revolving
in detail. was that of Jerome Montgom-
cry on a charge of rape, the victim being
a little seven-year old girl down at Red
land, near Muldrow. The sickening
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

A singular incident occurred in the
United States court here Tuesday af-
ternoon, and was precipitated by the
introduction of Major Winston, clerk
of the court of the Northern district,
as IA witness in the perjury case
against Eli HUFF, who was being tried
on an indictment for swearing falsely
in the trial of Milburn LOvelace for
the murder of Wm. Glass at Welch,
last winter. The prosecution placed
Clerk Winston on the witness stand to
prove that Eli HUFF had testified in
the LOvelace trial, whereupOn the at
torneys for the defense objected on the
grounds that the records were the best
evidence. On motion then, it was
sought TO introduce the clerks record
OF the proceedings OF the court, when
it developed that no record of the
court of the Northern district had
ever been written, the clerk explain
ing that the government, untii re-
Gently, had failed to provide record
book in which 4 complete history of
the proceedings of the court could be
written. After a wrangle of some
length in which the attorneys for the
defense seemed to have very much the
best of the situation, the trial was
suspended till the following day at 10
a. M, in order that the clerk might,
from his minutes kept during the
trial, make a full record Of the noted
murder case that resulted in the send
ing of one man to prison for the pc
riod of his natural life, and in the in
dictment for perjury of nearly all the
witnesses for the defense, two Of
whom have lain in Jail nearly a year.
The attorneys for the defense made
strenuous efforts TO have the proceed
ings QuaShed and the defendant liber-
ated. on the ground that the govern
ment had failed to show from the
record that lie had testified at all in
the trial in question. The court how
ever, held that the real issue was not
whether the court records had been
properly kept, but rather whether the
defendant had sworn falsely on the
occasion named in the indictment or
not, and the clerk was accordingly
given time in which to complete his
record.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

Sam Williams, formerly live stock
agent of the Katy" is reported to
have made $4,000 recently in wheat
speculation. In company with an
othe gentleman lie is conducting a
brokerage Office in Chicago.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

about such places that cannot be shaken
off. The story of crime in its details is
always pathetic and always human. The
spectacle of men and women breaking
away from the moorings of sanity and
of virtue, and rushing headlong into
crime is one of the great mysteries of
human exist ence, and like the evil spirits
that entered the herd of swine and drove
them into the sea, so 1t seems that the
great enemy of mems souls is still driv-
ing them into evil wavs, and filling the
prisons of the country with those who
on account of the perversity of their
natures are not allowed to run at large
among their fellow beings, breathing the
air of freedom and filling the places of
useful citizens.
-
Chas. Landrum, larceny; a true bill
filed in open court Feb. 2. Defendant
valves arraignment and enters plea of not
guilty. Trial set for Feb. u.
Chas. Landrum, Isaac Glass and Pale
Gibson, larceny; true bill filed in open
court Feb. 5. Defendants waive arraign-
ment and enter a plea of not guilty.
Trial set for Feb. Is.
Vim. Black, whisky; true bill filed IN
open court Feb. 5. Defendant valves ar
raignment and enters plea of guilty.
Sentenced by the court to sixty days in
Jail and to pay fine Of 500 and costs OF
prosecution.
Andrew Ridge, whisky; true bill filed
in open court Feb. 5. Defendant valves
arraignment and enters plea of guilty.
Sentenced to sixty days in Jail and 500
fine and costs of prosecution.
Joe Johnson and Ed Johnson, liquor;
waived arraignment and entered plea OF
not guilty. Continued.
Coon Black, liquor; valves arraignment
ond enters plea of guilty Sentenced to
sixty days in Jail and fine of 500 and
costs of prosecution.
Marion Seagraves, liquor; valves ar
raignment and enters plea of guilty. SEN
fenced to sixty days in Jail and to pay a
fine of 500 and costs of prosecution.
James Fife, liquor; valves arraignnent
and enters plea of guilty. Sentenced to
sixty days in Jail and 500 fine ana costs
of prosecution.
Sampson Jacobs and Dick Marshall,
larceny: defendants waive arraignment
and enter plea of guilty. Sentenced 10
six months in Jail and 500 fine and costs
of prosecution.
Vim. Crichton and lid Crichton, aid
ing felon; waived arraignment and en-
tiers plea of not guilty. Stands on call.
Hully NIicco and Roley Alexander, who
also stands indicted by the name of Roley
Anderson-liquor. Defendant Alexander
valves arraignment and enters plea of
not guilty, and his case stands on call.
Defendant Micco enters plea not guilty
and his case transferred to Muskogee.
Richard Adams and David Mccoy, lar
ceny; defendant Richard Adams enters a
plea of not guilty.
Eli Huff, perjury; on trial.
Jerome Montgomery, rape; jury trial;
verdict assault to rape" Defendant
sentenced to imprisonment at Columbus,
Ohio; at hard labor for term of ten years
and one day.
Sam Williams, formerly live stock
agent of the Katy" is reported TO
have made $4,000 recently in wheat
speculation. In company with an
othe gentleman lie is conducting a
brokerage Office in Chicago.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10

testimony that was doled out by the wit
nesses for nearly two days would not be
proper matter to print, but it certainly
showed case of moral depravity hard to
parallel in the annals of crime i'll any
country. The jury rendered a verdict of
guilty of assault with intent to rape.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
Bargains in DRY 6ooos.

IS pieces of Amoskaeg Dress Mixtures and Scotch
Ginghams plain and rough finish; was manufac-
tured for I5c seller. Will close this lot this week
for sc the yard
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-02-10
flats, Hats....

In our east Clothing window we display this week
six dozen Hats, ranging in price from So 90 to 300
We have marked the entire line to close them this
week at $3.50 each.