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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10

down to Cohn's, un if you get
pulled squeal on him. Don't give
US, your friens' away. Den again,
de put druggists and dere frien's
on de grand juries. / heard of a
case from Checotah where dey
found three sales of whisky and
de grand jury turned him loose
cause be vas a druggist. | don't
claim to be an angel, few of US are,
but say l am honest in my busi-
ness. Wy don't dey put Rochester
tonic dealers on the grand jury
once in while?"
Then Mr.. Cohn entered into a
TRADE upon the grand juries who
indicted him "un te dam buns
who swore to lies" and expressed
himself as confident he would
never be convicted. "Not on your
life mine frien. | have fully
made up my mind on it. | am
like dat Irishman who said he
would like to visit every place in
de United States except de Jail un
dat vas one place he would not go.
Neither will Cohn."
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10

The New Mexico Rough Riders
should prove as valuable in the
PHILIPPINES as they did in Cuba.
They speak Spanish duently and
many of them being of Spanish de-
scent are servicable for scouting
purposes.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10

The Purcell Registers talk about
vinita, Muskogee and South Nc
Alester being rivals for the capi.
tai of the state to be formed out of
the five tribes can only be char
acterized as silly. 1t is hard to
believe that the esteemed Register
is only thinking about being the
capitol Of the single state 1t advo-
Gates.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10

Gov, Roosevelt has been called
to Washington. News also comes
that a troop of old Rough Riders
are being recruited in New Mexi-
90. This looks like Aguinsldo's
days are numbered
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10
ANOTHER REVIEW ATTEMPTED,
Assistance of the Secretary Sought
In the Citizenship Cases.

There is a disagreement between
the Dawes commission and the
secretary of the interior as to the
powers of each. Section FL of the
Curtis law has clause saying,
"The rolls SO made, when approv-
ed by the secretary of the interior"
etc. The secretary requested the
record sent to the department in
certain Choctaw and Chickasew cit
izenship cases and the commission
declined, replying in effect that it
was a question over which the
commission had exclusive iuris-
diction. AS the commission is in
effect a part of the interior depart
ment, the probabilities are the
secretary will be able to get any
part of it's records which he de-
sires. In relating the incident
the Washington correspondent Of
the South McAlester Capital has
the following to say:
"a test case has just been filed
with the Indian Office by promi-
nent attorney in this city, Chester
Howe, in behalf of Ann L. DENLY
and Oza j. Wingfeld. The Dawes
commission refused to consider
the application of these parties,
upon the ground that they did not
make application as Choctaw citi-
Eens in time. The petition filed
prays for the exercise of supervis-
ory authority, asking that an or
der be issued to the Dawes COM
mission to make record of the
cases, to be forwarded to the secre-
tary of the interior for final decis.
ion, or that the Indian Office
through the secretary Of the inter-
ior, take up the cases denevo, by
reason of the refusal of the Dawes
commission to grant the parties TO
it hearing in court. The Indian
office, in decision just announc-
ed, sustains the petition and has
forwarded it to the secretary of
the interior with a favorable rec
ommendation. The question at
issue is the supervisory authority
of the Indian Office and the depart.
ment of the interior over the ac-
tion of the Dawes commission, and
as this case has been made a test
case, it is of the greatest import
anee to every applicant who has
been rejected in that country.
The petition was fled after the
receipt Of the letter of the Dawes
commission to the secretary of the
interior, stating in effect that it
had no authority over their action
and refusing to make record in
these cases which had already
been decided against the appli-
cants. As the department of the
interior is the guardian of all the
Indians, those included in the
five civilized tribes and elsewhere,
and as the Curtis law specifically
designates the secretary of the in
terror as the final arbitrator of the
rights of the indians of the five
civilized tribes, the action of the
Dawes CO mmission is puzzle to
the officials here"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10
ROCHESTER TONIC MAN.
What Cohn Has to Say Ex-
planning the Question.

Louis Cohn, to Chieftain report
er the other day, "it's the men
who sell it and not the stuff that's
sold, witch gets us into trubble. "
"How's that" the reporter asked.
"Vell, now for instance, take dat
fellow Deck Title, of your town,
un dat tam rascal Ward, of Clare
more. Vat de do? Veil, dey
would sell any kind of stuff, un all
kinds of stuff, cal! it "tonic!"
etonic!" "tonic!" an of course,
ven de people get drunk, dey say
it vas Rochester tonic dat made
dem so. I'll tell you, if dey vas
all honest like Cohn dere would
be no kickers on dis Rochester
tonic, and a man could make an
honest living in dis territory"
"Oh, yes, the people say, F" with
a characteristic shrug OF the shoul-
ders, "dat Cohn's getting rich on
dis business. Mine Got have dey
lost their senses? Amt | been
burned out three times? Un |
leave it to any honest man if dere
is any money in being burned out
without insurance? Ehl No, it
dom take Jew to know dat. Why
my "patting the reporter con-
fidentially on the back. "l'm
actually, SO sure mine Got in hea-
ven, Pm in debt up to mine neck
un | give you mine word as an
honest man If vas out of dis busi-
ness l would not even dink OF it
again"
"Why is it, Mr.. Conn.," asked
the reporter that you never came
to Vinita and started a place.
"Vinital" shouted Mr.. Cohn,
drawing back as if afraid of some
thing, "dat is the dryest tam town
in the world. Wy do you know
watts fact, l bet you hundred
tollars l can 60 to Vinita, put some
water in beer bottles, color it
brown and in two hours have fif-
teen men swear it made dem
drunk, un get arrested mine self.
Take de bet? Of course you Won't.
You know de old saying about hit
ting a man with sour apple un
making him drunk, veil dat's so
true as gospel, un there are others
who walk into a Joint" as dey
call 'em, not take ting, turn
around un walk out reeling, crazy
drunk un proud of it. Times is
different from ven ! vas a young
man. In dose days ven a man
would get full, de next morning he
vent around to his frien's un tried
to hush it up. Now ven feller
gets drunk he's not only proud of
1t, but disappointed if he dom get
in de papers.
"What do you think OF the in
dictments pending against you
Mr.. Cohn," "Dey are tam out
rage. Wy, mine frien' give $500
license every three months to the
town Of Muskogee to sell this
harmless tonic, vile de drug stores
in dat same town sell whisky un
beer, Budweiser beer, too, un
don't pay tam cent I'm are never
indicted. Un give a thousand
tollars every year to the poor,
sick and suffering in dis territory,
un beggar never leaves my door
hungry How much did you ever
hear the druggists Of Muskogee
giving to charity. Not tam cent,
un dey are still selling. "yy don't
dey get indicted2" III tell you
mine frien' dey do dere business
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-10

Miami is one OF the best towns
in The northern district. Her
progress is steady and permanent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

to use upon me, I knew nothing or TINS
and had not my duelling pistols with me.
THAT day I interrupted Wicklifre as
usual, and Brown struck me with his
umbrella and told me I lied. When l
recognized Brown I knew 1t meant
fight to the death.
1T had a long, sharp bowie knife, and
1 jerked this out, but Browns friends
grabbed my arms from behind and
dragged me back about fifteen feet.
Brown pulled his revolver and told the
crowd to get out of the way and let him
kin me.
"As they let go I started towards
Brown. I could see him looking along
the barrel of his revolver He waited
until he thought I was close enough and
then fired I felt the ball strike me In
the breast and determined to kill him If
I could before l died. l came down on
his head with a tremendous blow from
the bowie knife. l struck again and
again and stunned him so that he could
not fire.
with one cut I sliced his nose in
two; with another 1 cut off his ear 80
that it hung by a thread, and with a
third 1 put out his eye. The conspira-
tors seized me, and 1 was struck with
hickory sticks and chairs, some OF the
blows of which 1 still feel.
again 1 made for Brown, and they,
to keep him out of my way, threw him
over a fence about seven feet high, and
this ended the fight"
Browns bullet was detected from
Clay's heart by the scabbard of his
bowie knife. Browns evidence cleared
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

away and married Riley Brock, q poor
young man Of the neighborhood.
ooh, yes" she said, che gave me every
thing wanted, but he didn't treat me
right. He wouldn't let me go to parties.
He's getting old and thinks people are
going to kill him. He keeps ever so many
guns and pistols and has men paid to
fight. Oh, he would always let me go
to visit my neighbors, but he sent man
along with me all the time to see that
none of his relatives tried to kill me-"
This artless utterance reveals the old
mans Authorizations.
He believes that he has been poisoned
three times; that fire and dynamite have
been used against him; that his ponds
have been turned into his cellar to rust
his pistols; that his arms and furniture
have been stolen; that his farms and
sheds have been plundered; that his en-
emies drugged Dora, changing her from
a cheerful girl to melancholy woman.
Upon the wall of one Of the rooms in
Whitehall is pinned a cross made from
checked apron This is Doras work.
The General seems to think 1t has mys-
FERROUS power as a talisman to preserve
his life against the Vaccinations of his
enemies.
The main hall of the great brick man
sion is wide enough to turn load of hay
about in. Here, between the busts of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
GOLD FOUND ON STATED island.
Country Assays Thirty
Dollars Ton Pure Gold.

A little Klondike has been discovered
on Staten island, New York. AS yet It's
exact extent has not been ascertained,
but there is at least one ledge Of rock
that proves Of considerable vaIue-enough
to bring out gold in paying qualities, how
ever shallow or deep the vein may be-
There Is little danger of wholesale
expedition in the direction Of Staten
island, however, for, as far as IS known,
the vein of precious ore is confined to the
park, and grounds of the country seat
of Mr.. George G. Kendall, president Of
the New York Bank Note company. Of
No. rs Sixth avenue. The manner Of its
discovery was entirely accidental.
Mr.. Kendall, being a man Of wealth and
culture, entertains a great deal. and a
few weeks ago was the host of Mr.. James
L. Bell, a southwestern mining expert
and prospector. After dinner of the sum-
mer Sabbath afternoon. host and guest
were wandering through the grounds,
when the trained eye Of the prospector
caught a glimpse of ledge Of rock that
locked at least suspicious. With casual
interest he clipped off a few specimens Of
the ledge Of rock at different points along
the veins, which were from few inches
to a few feet in width. Taking these to
the city on It's return, and subjecting
them to a careful assay, he was surprised
to find his suspicious confirmed.
The specimens showed paying quaint
ty of gold, mixed with silver, copper, pyr-
ties and crude iron. The highest speci-
men proved to the value Of $50 ton, the
lowest about 81 per ton. AS the average
is sixteen dollars to make the mining pay,
it will be seen that there is ample re-
ward for the owner if he chooses to make
little Pixies Peak of his own in the
premises.
The mansion, situated in the center Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

less than two miles distant at most
Back of this commanding ledge there Is
vast sweep Of level green which would
be an ideal drilling and proving ground
such as are seen in England. Indeed,
the whole park and mansion bears the
aspect Of a lordly manor Of the forests
Of Devonshire or Sussex, rather than a
near suburb Of the busy metropolis Of
America.
To those of the Kendall household, who
the informant found at home the news
that small Cripple Creek was sleeping
beneath them was received with amaze
ment. The oldest settlers remember no
time in the history Of Staten island when
gold has been found there in paying
quantities or otherwise. Mr.. Bell, how
ever who has spent the greater share Of
his life in prospecting through Western
countries and in the mountains of Mexico,
assured the reporter that he had found
gold in several parts Of the East, but
never in paying quantities.
Indeed, wherever certain combinations
Of metals are to be found in the earth
gold is quite sure to be an ingredient
in more or less quantities. Several speci-
mems Of quartz in Central park showed
traces of gold, as did some Of the speci-
mems secured in New Jersey. AS yet the
casual prospecting Of the park on Cry
mes hill, as the location of the Kendall
villa is called. shows the largest per-
centaga.
The property has some historical value,
being the site Of revolutionary head
quarters, and the mansion was built dur
ing that war 1t passed thence into the
hands of the Butler Duncans and thence
into the possession Of the present owner.
1t Is one Of the most slightly and pic
turesque points within a hundred miles
Of New York, and during its present
occupancy at least IS not likely to be
turned into a quartz mill, unless Of
course. the vein of gold paying ore should
run up to such a figure as to make the
temptation too great.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
Clay at his trial, and he never sought
to renew the fight.
NEARLY KILLED BY TURNER.

Clay at his trial, and he never sought
to renew the fight.
NEARLY KILLED BY TURNER.
Another desperate duel In which Gen.
Clay was nearly killed was with a man
named Turner. That was in 1S49.
At a speech in Foxtown Turner's SON
told Clay that he lied. Clay drew his
knife, but was again seized by confed,
crates of his enemy, and while he strug-
gled some one passed a knife through
his lung.
Again Gen. Clay determined to kill his
man before he died. Faint from loss of
blood. he wrested the knife from his as
sailant and rushed upon Turner, stab
bling him in the abdomen. Then Clay
tainted from loss of blood just as his
son ran up with his pistols, which he
had left in his carpetbag at the hotel.
The crowd thought Clay was dead or
they might have carved him up more
painstakingly. This carelessness saved
his life. His vast physical strength, in
spite Of his wounds and the lingering
effects of fever and captivity in Mexico,
brought about his recovery.
magnificent man, physically and men,
tally, was Cassius NJ Clay in those days
six feet tall, a fiery orator, magnet
ic presence, a fine dark eye, a pleasant
smile, boundless vitality, dauntless cour-
age.
With the coming on of the rebellion
wider duties than electioneering in Ken
lucky claimed him. He became United
States minister to Russia, did much to
| keep that nation friendly 70 us during the
war and negotiated the sale Of Alaska to
! the United States in 1867.
He was recalled by Grant, and for a
time thereafter became a Democrat, sup
porting Tilden in 1876 but later returned
to the Republican party.
MARRIES DORA RICHARDSON.
In early life Clay married an aristo-
cratic young woman, from whom he aft
erwaId obtaiced a divorce. Then for years
he lived alone, until a memorable incident
changed the color of his life
Living near Clays house was a Widow
Richardson, with her two girls, Dora,
aged IL, and a younger sister, aged G.
One day the widow and her girls were
walking over a long trestle at Valley
! View, near Richmond, when train
overlook them. Crazed by the danger the
woman stood still, as if to check the en-
CINE with her very body, and screamed to
the children to run
Then Dora proved herself heroine in
deed. Selling her sister by the waist
she started to jump into the water Her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
MAN-EATING LIONS.
Facts About Their Ravages Among
Railroad Builders in East Africa.

Railroad Builders in East Africa.
New York Sun.
Some further facts have been received
about the man-eating lions which made
such a panic among 1900 Indian coolies
working on the Uganda railroad a few
months ago. 1t appears that the first
time the laborers knew anything about
lions that make business of killing men
to eat was one day when one of the
brutes, in broad daylight, as the laborers
were strung along the line with shovels
in hand. suddenly sprang in among them,
crushed one poor fellows skull with a
terrible blow of his paw and MANNED an
other so badly that he could not get
away. Of course all the Mortified work
men took to their heels and raised the
alarm at the camp a mile away. The
district engineer and his assistant at once
went to the spot, but the lion had dis
appeared, leaving all of the two bodies ne
could not eat at one meal.
After that an armed guard was kept
along the line of work, but it made little
difference to the animals that were de-
termined to have men to eat They would
spring like fash outaof the Jungle, seize
a man and bear him off beyond pursuit.
W. 0eyS ttllcI Tic llrSI MAN Was klIl0d
another man was taken, and the next
day another disappeared, and within a
fortnight eleven men had been seized, all
from one camp. The third week brought
the list Of victims UP to fifteen. The six
teenth victim was one of the eoeiie over
seers, huge man, standing over six feet
and weighing more than 200 pounds. He
was the first man to reach the work line
in the morning, and just as he was giving
some instructions lion sprang upon him
and dealt him terrible blow on the
head, crushing the skull. Then he coolly
began to eat his prey, while the shivering
Indians stood about 300 feet away, feel
ing that they were safe, now that the lion
had got his man. Somehow it didn't oc-
cur to them 10 shoot till the brute had
half finished his meal, and then they
biazed away in terrific volley and end
ed the animals career then and there.
1t was not till t...~snty-eight coolies had
been killed that the ~rge force of work
men went on strike. They declined to do
another bit of work till all the man
caters had been cleared out of the sur
rounding country Work was suspended
till party of hunters had laid low the
last OF these Formidable foes of men,
and since then no further casualties OF
the sort haze been reported.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

places were a sort Of political headquar-
| tiers, and rendezvous for the discuss sion
of the news of the day, at a time when
| news travelled only by stage coach. The
| Marshalls. the Crittendens, the Black
burns, the Clays, the Watkinsss and
other prominent men no doubt Planned
campaigns at Watkins Tavern and
here Gen. Lafayette was entertained in
1926
Mrs. Clay-Watkins was very attractive
While not beauty, she was comely, with
dark eyes and rosy cheeks. Her man
ners were very engaging, and she was a
most entertaining conversationalst. She
had a well-rounded and shapey figure
and possessed great vigor of mind and
body Her first husband, Rev. John Clay,
evidently realized fully his wife's charms,
for, in making his will, he more than
once gives directions Gin case my beloved
wife should intermarry betwixt this and
then. And, sure enough, at SO, the
mother of nine children, she married Mr.
Henry Watkins, IAN elegant and accom-
pifshed gentleman Of %, for whom she
afterwards bore seven children.
Mrs. Watkins was full of spirit, as a
story told by one of her grandsons, Mr..
T. B. Watkins, of Lexington, proves He
says that the day after the burial of Rev.
John Clay, the British colonel, TarIeton,
made a raid into Virginia and his men
| devastated her place. Mrs. Clay repri-
manded Tarleton so severely that he
emptied a sack of coin on a table and
told her to take that for her losses. AS
soon as Tarleton left Mrs. Clay scraped
the money off into her apron and threw
it into the fire, saying that her hand
should not be polluted with British
gold. She seems to have been a noble
woman, much reverenced by those who
| knew her we'll, and with striking indi-
viduality and an imperious will
About the year 1915 the Watkins gave
up their tavern in Versailles and settled
upon a farm, which they owned. three
miles south of town. Here Mrs. Watkins
died in 1929, at the age of so years. Her
remains were buried in country grave
yard close by and rested there until 1851,
when they were removed to Lexington
by her son Henry. The Henry Watkins
farm which is still a point of great in
/, terest, is now the home of Mr.. Robert
Mcconnell. The last vestige of the Wat
kins residence has given place to more
modern improvements.
Daniel M. Bowman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
HENRY CLAWS MOTHER
HOTEL AT VERSAILLES,
ky.
STORY OF OLD WATKINS INN

Mrs. Clay a Woman of Much Spirit
The British Colonel, TarletOn,
Emptted q Sack of Gold on Her
Table and, After He Had Gone,
She scraped 1t Together and
Threw 1t Into tho Fire.
VERSAILLES, KY, Sept. 5.-Nothing
Is more interesting to the student OF
history than to trace the obscure causes
which have led to great events. Compare
lively few people are now living who
know that the mother Of Henry Clay
once kept tavern in Versailles, and
fewer still have ever had it occur to
them that. had this not been the case,
Clay would not probably have come to
Kentucky at all.
The Watkins family arrived in YER
sailles about the close of the eighteenth
century, bringing with them quite a
retinue of slaves. I may say right
here that there is little foundation for
the popular idea that Henry Clay's boy
hood was spent in the atmosphere Of
poverty, obscurity and absolute want.
The mother of the Mill Boy Of the
Slashes." Elizabeth Hudson. was a mem
Der of a wealthy Virginia family, and
in wedding the Rev. John Clay (after
whose death she married Henry Wat
kins), she married into a family of equal
prominence with her own. The Clays
and Hudsons probably lived in the
rather gorgeous style of the Virginia
gentry, and If the Rev. John Clay was
poor, it was no doubt due to the devas'
tation wrought by the revolutionary
war. It Is extremely unlikely that his
poverty could have been 80 great as the
story books would have us believe.
Henry Clay did not accompany his
mother and stepfather to Kentucky, but
remained in Richmond, Va, as deputy
in the clerks Office, and engaged in pros
ecuting his legal studies. The Wat
kinses shortely took charge of the only
hosiery in Versailles. and Watkins
Tavern became famous in the sur
rounding country. They had a two
story stone house built at the corner
of Main street and Court by Henry Met
calfe, at that time a stonemason, and
afterwards governor of Kentucky. Such
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17

skirt caught on a croos-beam; she chung
to her sister with grim resolution until
the slowing train had Numbered by.
Then the trainmen came back and res
cued the two girls. The mother was past
help.
Mrs. Richardson had been housekeeper
for Gen. Clay and he undertook to care
for her daughters. He planned to make
Dora lady; in the end he married her
when she was 15--mainly, it was supposed
to still gossip about their relations.
OF course it turned ert badly. Brave,
indeed, Dora was, but in the end she ran