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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

Mr.. Chamberlain, British colonial sec
rotary, in the SOS was a Sunday school
teacher in Birmingham.
Miss Caroline Hazard, of Rhode
Island, who has just been inaugurated
as president OF Wellesley college, is not
a college graduate.
Senator Hanna is said TO have paid
for his suite of apartments at Claridge's
hotel, where he stopped while in Lon
don. IT'S guineas a week. This is about
1925.
In a sermon by a Minneapolis clergy
man the assertion was mode that not
more than seven out of q hundred
church members were real Christians.
Every listener Rugged himself and
mentally declared that he was one of
the seven.
-Four years ago Gov. Morrill,, of Kan
sas, found himself getting too fat, and
he worked off a lot of flesh by taking
long daily walks. Recently he was left
in an emaciated condition by an attack
of rheumatism, and now he is adding
flesh fast by taking the same kind Of
walks.
Miss Eve Blantyre Simpson is the
daughter Of the late Sir James Young
Simpson, the ~discoyerer of %chloroform.
She has written a life of her father and
one of Robert Louis Stevenson, with
whom she was intimately acquainted.
Her home in Edinburgh is the center
Of the literary life of that city.
A pompous police magistrate of Chi
cage was Investigating the case of a
woman who had tried to drown her
self. did she give any eason for at
tempting suicide? ?" he asked the police
mar who had rescued her. "She did,
"What was it?" the magistrate in
quired. 'She said she wanted to kill
herself" replied the officer, with a
furtiye wink at the court clerk.
Hiram Maxim, the maker of machine
guns and other munitions of war, who
has taken out a certificate of n~aturaliza-
ton in England, has lived in %that-coun-
try since 1883, when he first went
abroad as the foreign agent Of a large
American electric company. At that
time he was widely known as an in
ventor Of electrical devices and by some
he was regarded as a worthy rival of
Edison. In 1854 he turned his attention
to ~gunmaking, and to-day his firm em-
ploys about $4,000 men.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06

The marvellous effects that are some
times produced by music may even
tually receive a scientific explanation.
In a recent lecture at Oxford university.
Prof. McKendrick said chat, while the
intricate connections Of the auditory
nerves are only just being u~nrayeied,
It IS probable that the roots Of those
nerves are more widely distributed
and have more extensive connections
than those of any other nerves in the
human body. Researches on the au-
diiory nerves indicate that there Is
scarcely n function Of the body which
nav ret be affected by The puisaii0ns
arl harmonic combination 81 musical
tones-louth's Companion.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06
CLOTHES FOR THE NAVY.
Misunderstanding VIII No Longer
Depend Upon Private Sources.

In about three months the govern
ment win have completed two clothing
factories, which win greatly increase
the facilities of the navy department
in supplying enlisted men, stewards
anc servants employed on board YES
sells with their necessary clothing.
One factory is to be opened in con-
junction with what is nov termed the
clothing factory at the Brooklyn navy
yard and the other will be at Mare Is
land, San Francisco. Plans for both
these plants have been completed and
passed by Secretary Of the Navy Long,
and the work Of construction will be
carried on rapidly. The cost of the
buildings when completed and
equipped with the necessary machin-
cry will be in the neighborhood Of $780,
600.
The only factory, and it is an apology
for such, that the navy department pos
sesses is located in one Of the Oldest
buildings in the Brooklyn navy yards.
The quarters allotted to this branch
of the bureau of supplies are cramped
and there is not sufficient room in
which to turn out the needed supply
of clothing when the country is at
peace, to say nothing of the increased
demands made upon the factory when
the navy is placed on a wal footing.
This department was badly hampered,
not only by the lack of room, but by
work which il was compelled to give
out by contract. Yet before the war
had been jn progress a month nearly
every ship in the service had a full sup
ply of all kinds of clothing, and there
was sufficient to fit out the naval mi
litia. 1t is one Of the few bureaus con-
nected with the navy department that
met every demand made upon it and
still keep a reserve stock on hand.
Clerks, seamstfesses and tailors were
kept at work pight and day and cloth
ing worth millions of dollars was sent
to all parts of the world.
The work on the new building at the
Brooklyn navy yard was begun some
ago. Most of the excavation for
the cellar and foundations has been
The structure will occupy
the plot OF ground below the Trophy
park, on Main street, facing the river
and directly across from the old cloth
ing factory and general storebouse. It
win have a frontage on Main street
Of l9s feet. with 81 feet on the thor
Dughfare facing the river. The side
facing the old factory viii be Us feet
and the upper end win he lo2 feet
IN length. The building viii be three
stories high and. uDlii-e most Of the
lther structures in the yard. viii be
nearly freproof The walls are 10 be
II pressed brick. with granite window
md Ioor copinFs. The 4irdcrs and
ioor beams are 10 be Of steel. = glass
rili be run The entire length
II tie roou-
Ircle EA &C. very particular what
.ind Of material Is pot into The sailors
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06
THE CHIEFTAlN BOYCOTT.
Contemplate Action Of the
First National Bank.

Whereas, it has come to the
knowledge Of the directors of the
First National Bank that certain
articles have recently appeared in
a newspaper known as The Indian
Chieftain rejecting upon the hon
or and integrity of a large part Of
the stockholders Of this bank and
also urging the officers of tho Uni
ted States to enter upon a course
of ~unjustifed hostility towards a
large part of the stockholders Of
this bank, &. a., the cattlemen),
and it appears that the attacks and
insinuations made therein are un-
called for and u~nwarranted and
made out of a spirit Of malice,
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
directors of this bank, that this
bank do not further ~patronize said
paper and that the executive Of
ficers Of this bank be instructed to
withdraw all advertisements and
that hereafter to have all print
ing necessary for the bank done by
persons other than those interest
ed in or connected with said Indian
Chieftain.
Passed Oct. 10, 1899.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06
SOMETHING OF NEWSPAPERS.

There is abundant evidence that
The Chieftain never stood for as
much in the community and in
the Cherokee nation as it now
stands. There never was a time
during its existence, as the files
will show, when it vas not sim
gularly loyal to what it conceived
to be the best interests OF the Cher
okees, and at the same time for
the general welfare of all classes
OF people resident in the Indian
Territory. 1t has been frequently
called radical in its views and bold
in its u~tterances, but why should
it not be? The editor who is in
possession of absolute truth ought
to be the most courageous man In
the world. The man who is con-
scious of the fact that he YIELDS a
free. and an intelligent pen, and
that he is untrammeled by selfish
motives, or sordid ambitions,
ought to walk in the clear sunlight
of truth, and to be i%nvincible to
the darts of l~awlessness and error.
The newspaper press of the Indian
Territory has been unusually
cursed by a class OF time%-serving
lobbyists, and patrons to a corrupt
and unsafe constituency, clamor-
ing for the abolition of all rights
peculiar to the Indian, and with a
reckless disregard of existing gov
ernmental conditions, and impa-
tient at the delays in the work of
destruction. These "stuffed
prophets" have sought to deliver
a message that would at once be
palatable to the Indian citizen, the
cowmen monopolists, and the
swarm of politicians of every per
suasion who have swooped down
upon this territory like vultures
upon a new carcass. The denunc-
iati0n of crime and lawlessness
must be SO s~ugarcoated as not to
offend the professional cowthief,
or the moneyed mountebank or The
professional autocrat. Instead of
standing for the enforcement Of
the laws as they are found upon
the statute books, they openly ad-
wise the people to resist them, and
to defeat them if possible by sub
Witnesses, bribing juries,
AID rendering powerless the strong
arm of the judiciary Of the United
government.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06

uniforms. lie pays good prices ana ce-
mands the best quality Of goods. Con-
tractors have received some rather cost
~ lessons in trying to pass of inferior
or damaged goods on the government.
brooklyn Eagle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-11-06

Up to the hour Of going 10 press
the boom Of cannon at Tshlequah
bad not been heard, noiwiihstand-
tie dispatches in the city papers
last night that an Indian war to-
day Vas insriiabie.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31

field, they do so in spirit of forgive
ness and forgetfulness as well as gen.
erous admiration for the unquestioned
valor which distinguished the confed-
crate soldiers from the beginning to the
end of that fateful struggle.
We would not obtrusively urge such a
course upon the Grand Army, but when
it's members voluntarily do so, as they
have in Anaconda and other places this
year, we most earnestly commend it.,
believing that it creates feeling full
of promise, for the future of our coun-
try.
The more we can do to cement the
states and sections together the better
it will be for all. What we need is to
heal the wounds and close the breaches
of the past, not irritate and widen
them. To exclude the ex-confederate
from participation in the services of the
day, while the union soldiers are being
eulogized as the saviors of the country.
is to virtually characterize the former
as a traitor never to be forgiven. 1t
fills him with morose and sullen feel
ings, while to receive him into fellow
ship and lay flower upon the grave
of his departed comrade warns into
life all the nobler and more patriotic
instincts of his nature. It makes him
feel that the American union is some
thing to him and that he still has a
country.
Hence, we say, in conclusion, that
while there are distinctions between the
blue and the gray-distinctions which
the eX-Confederate himself recognizes
we do not think it wise that any should
be made in the observance of Memorial
day. We would not discontinue the
ceremony and in it we would treat the
soldiers of both armies alike.--[THE
Standard. ar
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Pricing a Pair of Pants.
e Weekly Telegraph.

From the Weekly Telegraph.
Lord Brampton was on one occasion
presiding over case in which the
plaintiff was giving evidence against a
man who had stolen pair of trousers
from his shop.
How much were the trousers?"
queried Hawkins.
well" reqlied the plaintiff, cit de-
ponds who wants to buy them. l sell
them to one man for thirty shillings,
to another for twenty-five, but you can
have them for twenty-three and six"
Sir cried Hawkins, angrily, L
want you to tell me how much those
trousers are WORTH
We'll" replied the plaintiff, shall
we say twenty-five shillings for your
Look here" Numbered Hawkins,
.'if you do not instantly tell me what
those trousers are worth, I'll send you
to jail for fourteen days for contempt
of court"
We'll, WELL" replied the frightened
plaintiff, conciliatingly, you may nave
them for guinea. I'm giving them
away; still you may have them at that
price"
Even the stern aspect of Justice
Hawkins could not stop the roar OF
laughter which broke out on hearing
the reply, a roar in which Hawkins,
after a few minutes, Joined himself.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31

large stone temple erected by the Trim
ity corporation to the memory Of the
martyrs who were victims to British
cruelty in the old sugar house, on Mas
sau street, near the site Of the. present
Mutual Life Insurance company's mas
sive building. The bodies of these
heroic patriots of the Revolutionary
war lie beneath this handsome monu-
ment which was erected in 1862, three
quarters of a century after their tragic
death. While the tribute was well de-
served, the fact remains that it was
not suggested until it was proposed to
extend Pine street across the cemetery
grounds. Then the Trinity corporation
organized a mass meeting at the city
hall on June 8, 1852, to protect sacred
grounds and proposed to put up a re-
membrance to the heroes of the early
war. A resolution was adopted indoors
ing the plan and thanks were extended
to Trinity 'for their desire to perpeuate
the memory of great and good men who
died from abuse in captivity in the old
sugar house, and whose remains now
lie in Trinity church yard
This meeting was presided over by A.
Kingsland, with Charles w. Sanford as
vice president and r. T. Compton and
John Trotter as secretaries. Rev. Will
lam Berrian was rector of Trinity at
that time. These names all appear on
the martyrs monument.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31

taken one, but which, if successful,
would, in our judgment, have led to in
Vulnerable divisions among the states,
and ultimately, perhaps, to the ruin of
them all.
But it seems to us that the inquiry of
our correspondent assumes too much
1t does not follow that because the
graves of both the blue and the gray
are decorated they are being accorded
equal merit.
If it were proposed, for example, to
pension the ex-confederates the ques-
ton would be different, and the as
sumption fully warranted. No matter
how sincere man may be or how noble
in his private character, no government
for the overthrow of which he has
fought can afford to pension him for SO
doing. Nor do we believe that there is
an ex-confederate of any standing liv-
ing to-day who expects or desires any
such thing. One of the most prominent
Of them in public life recently remarked
to the writer that he had never seen
man that served in the confederate
army who desired or would accept a
pension from the United States. The
commissioning of Wheeler, Lee and
others was not intended as a reward
for their participation in the rebellion.
1t was done merely because they were
believed to be thoroughly devoted to the
flag now, and the government needed
| good soldiers
| But the Memorial day service is in no
sense intended as substantial reward
for any. 1t is merely a beautiful and
! tender tribute to the memory of the
| dead. Originally it was designed by
the Grand Army as a day sacred TO the
memory of its members and those who
might have been members had they
| lived If they choose to extend it 50
J as to include their opponents in the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31

or elbow joint, one or two severe in
juries of the hand, one or two perfor-
ating wounds of the abdomen and three
or four perforating wounds of the
chest. The remainder, or about so per
cent, will be simple flesh wounds
There will be fewer complications than
formerly from the Judgment of bullets
and from the Introduction of pieces of
clothing and other foreign substances
into the wounds. AS rule the injured
will recover unless killed outright.
During the recent war much atten-
ton was paid by our surgeons to the
so-called explosive effects of the mod
ern rifle bullet, which is supposed to
be due to the rapid revolution of the
proiectile, though this is disputed by
some authorities. These explosive eff
fects occur at short ranges and partic-
ularly when the head. the abdominal
organs and the shafts of long bones are
struck. For example, a mans liver
will be torn to pieces, perhaps, by a
ball at 400 yards, or his skull will ac-
tually be rent asunder. Such effects
do not appear beyond 1900 yards, and
after 1000 yards have been traversed
by the bullet it makes clean perfora
tons as rule, while beyond 2,0GC
yards it is apt to lodge in the body.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
Reward Refused,

OF all the cities in the world, if a per-
son must be robbed, Vienna is the
town in which to have the performance
enacted Some time ago a Boston gen
tleman had his watch, a valuable gold
one, and sum of money stolen from
him while in that city. He offered $50
reward for the recovery of the prop
erty. The watch did not appear, and
on returning to America he left his
name and address and the number OF
his watch, together with the amount
of the reward, with the police. A short
time ago the gentleman received his
watch, together with the reward intact,
and polite note from the director say
ing that it was against the rules for
policemen to receive money rewards; or
course, if civilian had recovered the
watch the reward would have been
paid. The only charge was so cents.
the expense of transporting the watch
from New York to Boston. The thief
had been arrested in Vienna, the watch
had been found upon him and forward
ed by the city government of Vienna
free of charge to New York. There Ia
a degree of innocence about the Vienna
police that suggests odious comparisons.
New York Times.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
It Is Observed
in Other Lands.

IN other lands Memorial day finds OBJ
servance which, more and more, Is
giving the occasion national signiti-
canoe, although the date in these coun-
tries does not tally exactly with the one
observed in the United States. Mexico
has a memorial day. Under Diaz May
"a is as regularly celebrated in the City
of Mexico as is May 80 in Chicago or
New York. The Mexican celebration is
even more elaborate in some respects
than ours, and invariably those Ameri-
can soldiers who fell in 1S47 are always
included in the ceremonies. The Mexi-
cans extend the celebration usually
! over three days.
Then too, chiefly through the inf1u-
ence of Americans, Memorial day Is
gaining recognition in Europe, chiefly
through the influence of Americans who
make residence in European cities.
In instances the American colonies cele-
brate Gettysburg, Appomattox and
other battles with banquets and other
social festivities and thus aid in Great
ing an atmosphere favorable to The
| great American holiday. Were there no
colony of Americans in Paris, for ex-
ample, the grave of Lafayette would
have been forgotten long since by his
own countrymen. The representatives
| of both nations meet in common rever-
ence over the grave of Lafayette and
in the evening usually celebrate by q
dinner, where toasts are given and re-
sponded to and where eloquence and
! wit find apt deliverance. ...sl.
In the same way in England the
American Memorial day is crowdins
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
Ghosts That Ride
With Custer.

William Stokes, in Army and Navy Jour
nal.
/ was with Reno, fightin' hard an pressed
on ev'ry side,
Till Terry came, an then we Harmed how
Clusters men had died;
An hastenin' down we saw 'em dead
wide eyes an faces gray,
An tibet red scene will haunt me, sure,
until my dyin day.
But you ken see no ghosts, not you-you
he'd no comrade thar,
While / he'd Clark o. troop, little Joe,
with sunny hair
An girlish face. an eyes an lips aye full
O. smiles an thanks.
An l found him near by Custer whar he
dropped down in the ranks
The place is thick with dusky shapes an
visions all around,
With gun smoke trailin' up the hills, dark
splashes on the ground,
Ar airy mutterin's in the wind, an voices
like as not
O. those who ride by Custer's side about
the bloody spot
An on they march, each wind-shod troop,
the purple midnight through,
ii ii ~,
in review,
With sabers drawn an misty banners
wavin' over all,
An moanin' up'ard to the stars a desolate
bugle call.
The phantom sounds g battle float along
the peopled air,
Muffied commands, an shoutin', an des-
pirate, distant cheer,
An shudderin' steeds, an saber CLEANS,
an pistol echoes, too,
An'-God o mercyi-down'ard rains a
CHASTITY, crimson dew.
When lightnin spreads O. summer nights,
its pennons on the breeze,
When winters icy squadrons clatter thru
the quakin' trees,
But most O. all in June-in June, when the
| blood-red roses blow,
| The troopers ride by Clusters side whar
the Big Horn waters flow.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
Championne du Monde Competition.

From the London Telegraph.
There is to be a new Judgment Of
Paris. in more than one sense of the
term. Our Partisan contemporary Gil
Bias is organizing an international
beauty competition. First prize, 5000
francs, partly in money and partly in
dress, and the proud title of Cham
pionne du Monde" Now, ladies, here
is your chance. 1t is only to be hoped
that the bold individuals who have I'M
dertaken to act as judges will not be
overwhelmed by the mass of competit-
ors. The jury includes Sarah Bern
hardt and Catulle Mendes, but not one
English person, unless it be a certain
ladies' tailor whose name, at all events,
is English. This of course, is hard on
competitors who do not happen to be
French, since the jury will naturally
incline to the style of French beauty,
on the same principle Ito quote an eX-
treme easel that the Hottentots think
| their Venus can give points to the We
l nus of Milo.
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Farewell Forever.

From Tid-Bits.
1T S for the last time" he whispered
Dumbly, eyes told eyes this was the
truth, Always inevitable, it had come
no future in common. AS yet neither
had said the word that each was
thinking of.
TT has been a most sweet chapter in
our lives said she, with doWncast
eyes.
II would not have missed it." replied
he, though we may never add
ITO be continued"
And a tear stole softly DER her cheek.
Each had fingered, 10th to turn over
the last torn leaf. Soon nothing would
be left of what had been all. Alas!
that the books of mems lives should be
written in the sand. and that the tides
of the year leave not trace.
She stood beside him, her lips quiv-
ering with agony-sutfered for his sake.
His eyes were filled with plying tears
for the two broken lives-their own.
Alas! for the happy, foolish, fugitive
hours they had spent in common. Alas!
for the nights blooming with happy
silence under the stars The shaded
lamp is burning out. The hour has
come. Words are poor things.
Did 1 bring my stick?" and his
trembling hand reaches into shadowy
corner.
Yes. here it is" replied she.
Good night
Goodnight"
Each knows that it is goodbye" A
caress. A sigh. A sob. The door
closes. His rapid footsteps are lost tc
her listening ear. Yes, it is over The
darkness swallows him from sight. And
she? She slowly rearranges her ruttiec
hair as she murmurs, with a yawn: 81
wonder what time he will come up to-
morrow night?"
They had hidden each other an etern.
al farewell.
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the second day of November, which
has from time immemorial been fixed
by the church as the day devoted to
the departed dead. 1t is a season OF
gloomy weather and of biting cold
when people find it hard to be out OF
doors, much more SO to visit those lone
ly and darkened streets of metropolis
which are the very opposite in respect
of site and cheerful surroundings to
American cemeteries.