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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-16
Rooms With Power
Wanted miscellaneous.

WANTED-100O fox skins and all kinds of
furs, for which l will pay the very
highest cash prices. A. B. #. Kinney
"A Front st. tfDS
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WANTED-A good family horse. fairly
good style and driver and fit for lady to
drive, Address r.. 1907 Spy office.
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WANTED-A companion for an invalid.
Apply at Al Cedar St, between and 6.
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To Let Flats ana houses.
AURORA.

;56 MAIN ST, next south of Trinity
Church, front suite of rooms, / single
front room, suites of rooms each,
warmed by hot water, passenger and
freight elevators, large dining room;
references. C. +. Stevens.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-16
Furniture For Sale.

LARGEST AND FINEST LINE OF
secondhand heating stoves. parlor, bed
room and open CRATES; also ranges with
and without water fronts, in first-class
condition. Sebbens. Ills Vine St, leads
from 1S9 Front st.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
Cherokee School Boards.

The Cherokee board Of ednca.
tion will hold their regular meeting
at Tahlequah the second week in
January, beginning on Monday,
January 8, for the purpose Of ex-
amining teachers and making the
appointments of the high schools
and primary schools for the coming
term. Teachers holding old certif-
icates will remember that they are
out of date.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
At Home on A Fariough.

James Price and D. NJ. Ingram
two Tahlequah soldier boys now
stationed at San Diego, CAL, re-
turned home this week on fur
Tough. Both young men are in
perfect health, are looking well
and appear every inch the soldier.
Mr.. Price said to an Arrow re-
porter that be j. perfectly salts
fed with life at the barracks and
will remain in the service until
his term Of enlistment expires
three years. That he and the
other Tahlequah boys in the bat
terry desired to see active service,
and they may yet be sent to Cuba
or the Philippines, but whether
they are ordered to cross the yond
or remain to do garrison duty at
San Diego barracks, they will be
satisfied, as life there is one pro-
longed dream and no complaint
can be found with their army
relations. Price and Ingram will
here a short while before
returning to San Diego. Arrow.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
why the House Burned Down.

The Tishomingo Herald relates
the following amusing incident:
"A good story has just leaked out
on the chief of the Ardmore fire
department that would come we'll
under the title of "Why the
House Burned Down." Every
body will consider it pretty good
excepting the chief and the man
who lost the house. Ardm ore i
water supply comes from wells,
and there are several of them in
different parts of the city which
are called fire wells,' and they
are small in circumference. The
popping of pistols announced fire
in the city and the department
turned out. The chief arrived at
the well first, seized the ring in
the iron coves, gave it the neces-
sary 'yank' to remove it and
tumbed into the hole which his
portly corporosity iiied SO snugly
that no water could be had with
which to quench the fire, and
that's why The house burned
down.v
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
Malt Tonic Case.

Two important cases Of general
interest to the people of Indian
Territory will probably be decided
at the January session OF the
Court of Appeals at South Nc
Alester. One is the case Of the
u. S. vs. Louis Cohn, commonly
known as the Malt Tonic case.
Should Cohn win the case it will
60 a long way toward the final
and complete victory for the
liquor men in the Indian Terri
tory. The liquor which Cohn
is charged With selling is not re-
gar6ed as Intoxicating as il is said
to contain less than 2 per cent. oi
alcohol, but the contention ofthe
government is that it illegal 10
sell malt liquors in the Indian
Territory, whether they are in.
toxicating Or mol. Wagner Rec.
ord.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
AUTHUR COOKS DEATH.
A Few Additional Particulars.
Learned.


Oswego today, having received in !
formation that the body Of her
son Arthur, who was found dead
early Sunday morning at Boise
City, Idaho, would be forwarded
there Tor burial AS early as pos
sible. Little information has been
obtained since that contained in
the first dispatch which was from
( the sheriff. The body was found
in the foothills near military
encampment adjoining the city by
some soldiers. The coroner,s jury
returned a verdict that death was
caused by means to them unknown.
The Knights Of Pythias and
Odd Fellows have Interested them
selves in the arrangement of the
details for sending the remains
home, and it may be presumed
they will satisfy themselves fully
as to circumstances surrounding
the young mans death, and
advise the family.
1t has been learned that no
money or jewelry was found with
the body, and the expenses of EN-
balming and of casket have been
arranged by the family, Mr.. Will
liam Cook, OF Oswego, to whom
the remains were ordered sent,
having been communicated with
by wire.
As stated at the outset, the the
ory OF suicide is to great extent
discounted by the fact that Arthur
had plenty of money. Tom Knight
was at the same place in Chicago
with him, and he says when he
left there, only couple of weeks
or so before, he took sum Of
money for expenses, as he said,
and also had two diamond rings
and his gold watch "a present from
his father some ten years ago.
Most Of his money he placed in
bank at Chicago. The family have
written to know If it is still there.
Since he reached Boise City Mrs.
Cook received a letter from her
son saying that lie had employ
ment, at what he did not say, and |
got s5 day. His reason for Civ
ing up his place at Chicago was
that he was required to be on duty |
from five O'Clock in the evening
untik seven next morning and it |
was more than he could stand.
A telegram received this morn
ing from Lieut.. Allen Cook, at
Boston, expressed deepest SYM
pathy with his distressed relatives
here.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

1T is not improbable that the
Department Of Justice will instruct
the District Attorney 10 commence
prosecutions of all parties who
were implicated in the passage of
the bill by council making appro-
prlatlons for the payments to GER
tain negros who claimed citizenship
in the Cherokee tribe, of money in
full OF their rights. The law in
question passed council in 1892
and carried an appropriation Of
S4oO, 10000. Since its enactment
it has transpired that majority
of the affidavits submitted in re-
gard to the negro citizens claiming
membership in the tribe were
fraudulent. As a result the De.
partment of Justice has decided to
reopen the question ana prosecute
the guilty parties. Washington
correspondent, South McAlester
Capital.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

Daniel La Forte, presiden. Of The
Six Nations, died Sunday at his
farm house on the reservation, near
Syracuse, n. Y. Hs was S6 years
old, and is survived BY widow
and grandson, which latter will
succeed as chief of the Six Nations.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

II the Cherokee and Creek com
missions do not agree upon treat
les with the Dawes commission. it
will be their own FAULT. Then,
when the provisions of the Curtis
law are being rigidly enforced, it
will be useless as we'll as in very
bad taste to be railing at condi-
ton that they could have pre-
vepted. The government has been
patient and lenient in its dealings
with the five civilized tribes, So
those of them who refuse the lib
eral terms offered, will have to
abide the consequences, and they
will have no just cause for com
plalnt. Wagner Sayings.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
The MASS MEETING.
Endorsements and ResoIu-
tions Passed Friday
Night,

The teachers mass meeting last
Friday night was an enthusiastic
affair. A large number Of the
prominent citizens of this city were
present and to some extent took
part in the proceedings.
The resolutions passed carried
with them several endorsements
and embodied the sense of the
meeting.
Judge Yancy Lewis, Mr.. Nc
Murray and others addressed the
audience. The following are the
resolutions and proceedings of the
meeting:
Be it resolved, That this Terri
torial Teachers Association OF the
Indian Territory records most en-
phatically its appreciation and en-
dorsement of the recommendations
OF the Dawes commission, the In
dian inspector, the secretary of
the interior, and the president of
the United States with regard to
the education of the citizens of the
United States In this territory, and
most earnestly hopes that congress
will at once take such action as
shall make the provisions recon.
mended. This association, being
largely made up Of those who,
through various voluntary agen-
cies, have been attempting to meet
the crying need in this direction,,
records its conviction that all such
agencies together car do practi-
caily only an intinitesmal part of
the work and that only govern
mental action is sufficient to cope
with the need. This it feels should
be given on account of the excep-
tional and urgent nature of the
case. The thousands of children
growing up in entire ignorance are
a perennial source Of supply for
criminal classes. and growing up
in the midst Of the Indian popula-
ton make the problem of fitting
them for citizenship infinitely
harder.
Be it further resolved, that this
association pledges itself to sup
port by all means in its power,
efforts to bring about this result,
and to that end directs that the
president appoint a committee to
confer with the Dawes commits
sion, the Indian inspector and
others interested as they, in be-
half of the association may best
aid in this work.
Committee, A. G. Evans, Mus
kogee; J. A. Lynn, McAlester; B.
R. Morrison, vinita; G.. D. Tur-
ney, vinita, E. H. gishel, Atoka.
On motion President Caldwell
was added to the committee.
On motion Judge Yaucy Lewis
was requested to cooperate with
the above committee for the pur-
pose of drawing up a memorial
and formulating bill to be pre-
sented to congress as embodying
the needs Of the territory in this
direction. The motion was unani-
morsly adopted.
Tse president also appointed q
committee on literature and sup
plimentary reading consisting Of
Prof. Amos. Mrs. Lincoln and DR..
Cockrill. South McAlester Capt.
tai.
United States Indian Agent D.
n Wisdom has instructed the In
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
A Warm Dance.

The commissioner at Cameron
reports five men under arrest for
murder and four for assault to kill.
A fracas occurred at a dance; Ben
Brown was shot and killed, Albert
Brown was stabbed and is not ex-
pected to live, Morris Brown was
badly cut, and DIR. Poore and his
two sons seriously wounded.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

The proposition of the Chero-
kee commission to allot all the
land equally and make up the diff
ference in quality with cash, ought
to be amended so as to allow every
Cherokee citizen to keep all they
have and get all they can before
allotment. The good land has all
been taken up and everybody ex-
cept the tullbloods are pre- !. well
fixed for land anyway The
scheme seems to be that the hall
breeds and whites are to have the
good land and the fullbloods the
cash. It is an interesting study il
consummate selfishness to watch
the movements of certain leaders in
this business of treaty making.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

Congress will convene tomorrow
81 noon after ! holiday recess of
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04
Rock Creek Notes.

Did You turn over new leaf
We are having spring weather.
Did you swear off last Sunday
This was lovely Christmas weather.
T. c. Dobhs had dance last Wednes-
day.
Farmers are thinking of blowing for
oats.
S. w. Dale was trading in Adair last
Thursday.
Where will the Cherokees be this time
next year,
Lige Morton and family are visiting on
Grand river.
Gov. Ballew has sold his farm to a man
from Chelsea.
Mrs. M A. Walker, of Chelsea, was
visiting her friends here Saturday.
Geo. Beckwell mdde himself Christ
mas present Of new wagon last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miller spent New
Years with their parents on Pryor Creek.
chas. Webb lost his fine bird dog while
hunting out here last Thursday; thinks
he got hold Of some poison.
Charley Mccombs had another run
away few days ago, throwing all in the
wagon out--bis wife and child too.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

Better get you 4 corn shelter and
save yonr feed; very cheap al the
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-04

Special efforts will be made dur
ing 1899 by the citizens of Table
quahs to secure the construction Of
a railroad iato that city from Fort
Gibson, on the Iron Mountain.
Fhe country between the two
towns is very rough, but the peo-
pie Of Tahlequah believe they can
get the road.
The times., 1899-12-04
EDWARD WILLIAMS IN CUSTODY
The Negro Suspected of killing Miss
Eiseley Captured.

TRENTON, Dec. Edward Williams,
the colored farm hand who is suspected Of
having brutally murdered WiIhelmina
EiseIey, the comely white woman employed
as q domestic at the homestead of William
White, near this city, on Thanksgiving
Day, was captured at Hamilton Square,
three miles from here, late last night. E.
r. Good, who keeps the village store at
the square. made the capture. Good was
closing his establishment about o'clock
when Williams shuffied by in a manner
that indicated that he had been drinking.
Hello, Ed" said the storekeeper, who
knew the negro very well. The alleged
murderer responded to the salutation
Good managed TO engage him In conyersa-
ton. Williams spoke of being cold and
Coed invited him into the store to get
warm
With the suspect inside, the store man
had a member OF his family hastily sum
mon two of the male neighbors, and Viii
liams was made a prisoner at once. The
news of the capture spread through the
village and the surrounding country like
wildfire. and the residents and farmers
were soon cTowding around Goods store
in droyes. Squire Smith of the village,
was soon upon the scene and he went
through the formality Of committing Will
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the murder.
Word was telephoned to Prosecutor
CrOssIey and also to the sheriff's Office in
this city. The prosecutor, with Detectives
Pilger and Clancy OF the city police de-
OaTtment, started at once for Hamilton
Square, and the sheriff, with County De-
teceiye Maddox. also left for the scene
of the capture.
Storekeeper Goods establishment was
surrounded by fully ], ,000 of the villagers
and farmers, and the air was filled with
wild threats of lynching. In order TO pre-
vent the crowd from getting their hands
on the suspect, Good had half a dozen of
the more conservative. staIwart villagers
take up a position on the inside Of the
store TO guard the place, pending the ar
rival Of the authorities
Yesterday the police. upon making a
search Of the house of William Rice a
farmer, where Williams is known to have
stopped one night, found shirt besmeared
with blood jammed into the chimney of
the summer kitchen. The shirt was iden-
tilted as the one worn by Williams on
Thanksgiving Day, when Miss Eiseley was
murdered.
The times., 1899-12-04


Blair thought he saw signs of an approach
ing freshet. Quickly returning 10 the court
room, he pulled the coat tail of his lawyer
and in a low voice said:
Withdraw"
The lawyer didn't understand and Mr..
Blair repeated:
Withdraw. Give up. Tell 'em we
won't contest"
The lawyer didn't understand what his
client was getting at, but he knew Mr.
BlaiT's wishes were not 10 be disObeyed
and 50 he made s-titue speech to the court
in which he said that his client was a
peaceable man; that ne was getting along
IN years, and that he desired him to dis
continue the suit. The defendants didn't
know what to make of it, but the suit was
discontinued and they were in high feath-
er That night the foods descended and
the winds blew Afand one Of the worst
freshets ever known in that part Of the
country occurred. Whole sections of Mr.
Blairs railroad were washed away, ties,
tracks, and ali. Much of the TO ling stock,
even, was destroyed. The result was that
Mr. Blair got practically new road and
a lot Of new rolling stock at the expense of
the lessees.
It is said. and is probably true that
John /. Blair was the only one of the coun-
try's very rich men who directed all s
affairs and accumulated his vast fortune
outside Of a great city. Mr. B air thought
the town in which he lived was the finest
place in the world, and, when away from
it, he was in a hurry to return as soon as
possible. The town is really his creation.
He established the bank, he put in the
electric light plant and the water works,
be built the railroad which connects it
with the rest of the world and finally
built and endowed an academy. Besides
this, his largest gifts were to PIin-et n
University where one OF the fine dormi-
tories was named for him.
The times., 1899-12-04
HOPE TO CATCH MILLER.
Detectives Working Secretly to Cap
ture the Fugitive

beicEAlNeS " 0riNlH& secretly to Cap
ture the Fugitive.
NEW YORK, Dec st was intimated
at Brooklyn police headquarters today that
the chief work on the Franklin Syndicate"
case had been transferred to Mulberry
Street. where the books of the Syndicate"
had been taken on Friday. Deputy Chief
MacKellar and mis- subordinates refused
TO say whether anything was known OF
MilleT's movements since he fed.
The fact that Capt James Reynolds,
chief OF the detective squad, has not been
seen at headquarters since Wednesday, and
is known to be absent from home, gives
the impression that he is in pursuit OF
Miller. and may reach him any moment.
Il was said today that the Federal authori-
ties confidently expect to be able to arrest
Miller as soon as they had secured the evil
dence on which to base an indictment. but
none Of the Secret Service men would dis
cuss the matter
Another concern offering to pay big in
terest in money invested with IL is Frank
Everhart & Co, operating as in
vestment bankers at 16 Exchange Place. It
offers 100 per cent a year for ? life time,
through operations in the wheat market.
Mr.. Everhart asserted today that his busi-
ness was conducted on legitimate lines,
and that he had been operating for his Gus
toners in wheat going long" under 60
cents a bushel and selling it short above
that price
The times., 1899-12-04
GROWTH OF PORT ARTHUR.
Great Progress of the Town Under
the Russian Occupation.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA letter from
Port Arthur under date of October 16,
gives interesting details OF the remarkable
growth OF the town during the last few
months, though the new Russian settle
merit on the left side Of Powder Magazine
Valley" has not yet begun. Outside OF this
site, however, many houses and stores
have been constructed and barracks for
Y coo soldiers have been built.
The railway from Nieu- Chwang runs up
the valley where the Powder Magazine
used 10 be and will be finished in a few
months. furnishing direct rail connection
with Nieu-Chwang. Up to this time the
Russian Government has been busy
strengthening the fortifcations, but this
work is now finished and the town will
be built at once There are many Eu-
ropean shops which carry large stocks and
restaurants and hotels are numerous
where good accommodations may be Sc
cured.
The times., 1899-12-04
Mr.. Mackay's Connection with the
Southern Pacific Explained.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.--It is gossip
on change here that the entrance of ]. w.
Mackay into the directorate of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company is part of a
deal by which Mr.. Mackay lends his mil
lions 10 the support Of Mr. Huntington in
return for railroad aid to the Postal Tele-
graph Company. 1t Is not known generally
that the contract between the Southern
Pacific and the Western Union expired a
year ago. Since then the railroad has
made objection to the bill rendered them
for services by the Western Union and
the contract has not been renewed.
Mr.. Mackay discovered a chance to in
crease the business Of the Postal, and it is
said has made arrangements to have the
Postal Company succeed to the railroad
business as soon as the proper wire facili-
ties can be secured. This would give ac-
cess 10 all parts OF California and would
greatly increase its business.
The times., 1899-12-04
A HUMAN LEG IN A BOX.
Evidence of "A Murder Like Thnt of
GuIdensuppe.

WHEELING. W Va, Dec. 3.-Edward
Martin, of Moundsville, a small town
few miles below here, made ghastly find
in the Ohio River about three miles below
that place yesterday. He was out in
boat rowing when he noticed small box
floating down the river.
After taking it to the shore II was open
ed. Wrapped in oiled paper was the foot
and that portion Of the leg below ,the knee
OF a man, This was badly gashed and the
manner in which it had been severed from
the upper part OF the leg indicated that
1t had not been amputated by surgeon,
but by a novice. The person from whom
the leg had been taken had evidently not
been dead any great length of time. The
officers are Of the opinion that some one
had been murdered and that the criminal
has attempted TO follow the Guldensuppe
idea and scatter the remains 10 avoid iden-
tifcation. The find has caused great eX
citement here.
The times., 1899-12-04
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The times., 1899-12-04
Major o,Brien a bankrupt.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. S.-Major
NJ. ]. o'Brien has filed q petition in bank
ruptcy in the Federal Court. The habili-
ties amount TO $75, 600. The only assets
scheduled is a suit OF clothes valued at $25.
0'Bren was once one of the most infiuen-
tial citizens of this city. His downfall
came a few years ago, when as supreme
treasurer of the Catholic knights Of Amer
ica he was charged with misappropriatinR
s75, 900.
The times., 1899-12-04
New York Cotton Market.
Used BY British Soldiers in Africa.

Cant. C. C. Dennison is we'll known all
over Africa as commander OF the forces
that captured the famous rebel Galishe
Under date OF November 4, 1897. from Vry-
burR. Beehuanaland, he writes: Before
starting on the last campaign l bought a
quantity of Chamberlain's Coiic.-Cholera.
and Diarrhoea Remedy. which / used my
self when troubled with bowel complaint,
and had given TO my men. and in every
case it proved most beneficial" For sale
by Henry Evans. wholesale and retail, and
all druggists.
The times., 1899-12-04
Washington stock Exchange.

sales-U. S S's Coupon, $250Od1O9 3-4.
81 .5OOd1O9 rs; Potomac Fire ms, 25dSO,
Capital Traction, 66Gs4; City and subur-
ban R. R, 32d35; Washington Gas. 256
56 "a. 5OG56 1-2. 25d56 SIS; Ches & Pot
Tel. 25d66. 5G67: Mergenthaler Linotype
1G2OS 1GG2O7 SIS, 1OG207 IL; Lanston
Monotype. 1O0416. Washington Gas-2O0
Sc "a
The times., 1899-12-04

It will be seen in these figures that
Leather common, Brooklyn, and Sugar
made the only declines of more than
point during the week. and that Baltimore
and Ohio preferred and Southern Pacific,