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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-28
NEEDS INVESTIGATION.
Auditor Office Affairs Should
be Probed.

1t is hoped the president will
NOT fail to sign the bill appropri-
ating 81 900 for the investigation
Of the auditors office in the Cher
okee nation. No federal grand
Jury will ever be able to give as
much time to the matter as it will
require to 60 over the auditor 8
accounts for the last five years. 1t
will require the services OF expert
accountants for many weeks to un-
ravel the doings of that office.
That the auditors Office at Table
quah has been tremendous leak
in the finances of the tribe is now
universally conceded, but TO just
what extent, and who are the
guilty parties is certainly not def
initely known. The meagre salary
attached to the auditors Office has
been means Of DETECTING public
attention from it, but in recent
wears it has developed that the
Office was peculiarly profitable,
and men who have held the place
all became suddenly wealthy. An
investigation that would 60 to the
bottom of the matter is what ought
to be had, and if anybody has VII
olated the law they should be pun
is he'd.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-28
THE PLAYGROUND SOLD.
Purchased by S. Cobb To-
day for 81, 900.

Representing the Vinita OF fif-
teen to seventeen years ago, there
is perhaps nothing more suggest
i've than the old fair grounds one
half mile east of town which were
sold at auction today by James o.
Hall, the president Of the defunct
association, which was 80 popular
a dozen years ago. The improve
ments were, properly, all that coild
be sold, but as the purchaser is
Cherokee citizen the sale means
the possession Of the land en-
braced in the fair grounds as well
as the fencing and buildings. A
number of persons were present at
the sale this morning and the first
bid was that Of w. E, Halsell and
the offer was 1862 so, which was
quickly raised by other bidders
until it was knocked down TO ). ).
Cobb at an even thousand. The
grounds embrace perhaps SO acres
Of land with a seven foot plank
fence around it, with numerous
stalls, halls and other buildings
and a splendid half mile circular
track.
Fifteen years ago the Vinita fair
was the pride Of the Cherokee ma
tion, and attracted many visitors
from the other Indian Territory
tribes, and from the surrounding
states. The Vinita fair was look
ed forward to as one of the main
events of the year, and vast
throngs of visitors came from all
over the country.
The decadence Of the Vinita fair
was due to combination
of circumstances IN 0 g
other things the "passing of the
county fair" in the states was not
the least. The fair grew more
and more, as the years went by to
be simply three or iour days OF
racing and gambling and the farm
ers and stock raisers gradually
lost interest in it and three or
for years ago it failed to pay ex-
penses and was discontinued.
II is well for the city that Mr..
Cobb is the purchaser as he Is the
owner of fine stock of high bred
trotting horses and will doubtless
keep the grounds and track in good
repair and make the place a popu-
lar resort during the racing season
and at the same time afford
training place for the large number
of good young horses that are
owned in the vicinity of Vinita.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-28

"There has been less crime
committed in the Central district
this Christina" said Marshal
Grady this Mcrning, "than at any
previous Christmas in the history
Of the territory" Reports from
deputies all over the district
state that the holidays have passed
off quietly, and very few drunken
men were seen at any point On the
district. Heretofore whisky has
been the chief cause Of so much
crime committed at Christmas,
but this year the deputies have
been unusually yigilant in carry
ing out the order issued some time
ago, and as consequence, the
whiskey was spilled, thereby di-
minishing the number Of crimes.
South McAlester Capital.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-28
No Right to UgIiness.

The woman who is lovely in face
form anu temper will always have
friends, but one who would be at
tractive must keep her health. II she.
is weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she.
has constipation or kidney troubles
her impure blood will cause pimples''
blotches skin eruptlons and awretch-
ed complexion. Electric bltters is the.
hest medicine 10 the world to regulate
stomach. liver and kidneys and %
purify the blood. 1t gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety
skin, rich complexion. 1t will make
a esod-looklng, charming woman Of a
rundown invalid. Only SOC at A. W.
Foreman's and Peoples drug stores.
The Oswego costumer came in TINS
mornIna with a good supply OF cos-
TUNES for the masquerade ball To-
nisht. He brought ten trunks.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-12-28
Not in the Dictionary.

A somewhat remarkable suit
has just come to finish at Smith
Center, says the Kansas City
Journal. A young woman had
sued the Western Union Telegraph
company for large sum
in damages, alleging that it had
delivered TO her telegram con-
tanning word which implied that
she had been guilty Of immoral
practices. The word was an un-
usual one, evidently having been
coined by the sender OF the tele.
gram, but the plaintiff argued that
there was 40 possible means OF
mistakihs its slanderous intent.
On the other hand the Telegraph
company set up that as there was
no such word in the English Ian
Ouaae the defendant could not be
held resposible for its alleged vui'
gar meaning or for damages.
Uriah Iones. He1ekiah Brown and
John Peter Smith viii testify to the
wonderful curative properties Of Dr.Sim
..ot ..-r,,r Sample bottle,
free Satisfaction or money refunded
A. ". Foreman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23

high standard OF military excellence to
be strictly maintained as there is right
now with new problems to solve, new
exigeneies to meet.
But it is noticed that the politicians
of the administration have not only no
intention of improving the civil service
but that they are making efforts to
degrade the military service to its
level.
It would be easier to quadruple the
army were the evidences of an honest
purpose more manifest than it is to
add one company under existing i'm
pressions and circumstances.
With a notorious incompetent at the
head of the war department, a cabinet
official from whom even administration
organs are turning in disgust, upon
whom the whole country, irrespective
of party, looks with contempt, it is not
an easy thing to increase the army.
Secretary Alger is the embodiement
of the spirit which demoralizes the
army until men have come to believe
that larger army would merely
furnish more victims for his incompe-
tence, a larger scope for the display of
his ineapacity.
The greater the army the greater
the scandals under the present man
agement of the army. And the Hull
bill, throws down the bars. New COM
missions are to be bestowed to patron
age or pulls and the result will be
appalling
It was a peculiar fact that none of
the bills for reorganization contained
any safeguard against the abuse of
patronage. 1t may be that none of the
authors counted on their measures re-
ceiving favorable consideration ex-
cept that some inducement was held
out for partisan approval.
OF course, it was not expected that
the official bill which is the one under
consideration would provide any such
safeguard. The present secretary of
war. as. a politician. has nothing to
hope for in the future, nothing to de-
pend upon in the present save the
abuse of patronage
Such a system of army reorganization
is certain to bring disgrace upon the
nation. The enactment of a law which
will not only permit but encourage
such abuses will reflect no credit upon
congress.
There may be many reasons why the
army should be increased. But there
are also reasons why it should not be
increased under Alger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SAVE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN aecorda ace with and under the power
and authority granted by that certain
trust deed made December 9th. 1882 by
Ill Openshaw and Lavinah Openshaw.
his wife, 10 the undersigned trustee for
The MiddleseN Banking Company, a cor
pOfatlOn, ana recorded in the office of the
county recorder of Utah county. territory
(now state) of Utah, in book II of mort
cages. "a. at page S6I of said rec.
offer for sale and sell at public
auction. TO the highest and best bid
der for cash. at the south front door of
the county court house OF Salt Lake
county. in Salt Lake City (tO-wit the
south front entrance Of the joint city and
county building in said Salt Lake city,
state of Utah, on the 18th day OF March,.
the real estate and water rights herein
after described. or 50 much thereof Is
VIII De necessary TO pay ana discharge
the Indebtedness and interest thereon. Sc
cured by said trust deed, in accordance
with the terms therein stated (said The
MiddleSeX Banking Company being the
owner and holder of said indebtedness.
and reasonable attorneys and trustees
fees. and other costs as therein provided
reference to which trust deed is hereby
made for greater certainty. and the same
is hereby made a part of this notice.
Said sale will be made at the written re-
quest of said The MiddleseX Banking
Company aforesaid, and because of de-
fault in the payment of the indebtedness
which said trust deed was given to secure
tO-wit: One promissory note for the sum
of $500. due and payable on the LIST day
of January. 1896. but which time of pay
ment was, by written agreement Of said
parties. extended to January LIST. lS9S.-and
said sum. with interest thereon from
July 1st. 1885 is wholly due and unpaid
and said The MiddieseX Banking Com
pany. by reason of such default. has
elected to foreclose said trust deed as
therein provided.
Said property IS particularly described
as follows: The south half of the north
west quarter of section y, township 10
south of range l, east of Salt Lake me-
ridian: also all water rights thereunto
pertaining or in any way belonging. to-
gether with nineteen shares of water
stock in what is known as Summit Irri-
CATION & Canal Company. certificate No
100. and all right. title. interest. benefit
and equity of redemption of Levi Open
shaw and wife. their heirs or assigns. in
or TO said property and every part
thereof.
WILLIAM II. DALE
Trustee.
Dated this 18th day of February. 1899
Date of first publication February 16,
1893.
Chas W. Boyd. Attorney.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
ADJUSTMENTS.

"a Trim to Africa" the latest production
of the Salt Lake Opera company, opened
its engagement yesterday to two large
and well-pleased audiences, The opera is
bright and tuneful, and affords splendid
oDnorttInity for handsome settings and
Costumes There are no especially promi-
nent lyrics but some pretty and popular
airs fail to the lot of the principals, and
honors are evenly dlyidea.
niece looked very handsome and per-
formed her parf with her accustomed
dash and spirit Her gown in the first act
caused many EXPLANATIONS of admira-
ton from the ladies in the audience. Miss
Levy has become a great favorite and
did good work throughout. Her duet with
Mr. Pyper in the second act, Won an en-
thusiastic encore. A newcomer in the
company. Miss Mabel Cooper, was decid-
esily well received in a buriesque part,
row also had a name part in the .produc-
ton and Miss Felt did pretty incidental
dance Mr. Goddard was thoroughly at
ease in a light comedy part. and Mr..
Spencer made up for the leanness of the
comedy supplied by the librettist by in
". Mr.. Piper, as the prince. made a fine
appearances and sang sWeetly, as he al
ways does. The minor parts We're well
taken by Messrs. Gill, Siddoway, Sibley
and Wallace. The chorus was excellent,
and showed the good results of continued
working together, and the whole perform
ance has a professional dash and spirit
which reflects great credit on the stage
manager and the musical director
MeSsrs Whitney and Weihe. Special men
flow of the Nile" which is as fine an eff
feet as any company could boast
Judging from the patronage, matinees
were the proper thing yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
The Only Brave Man.
london Spare Moments.)

Nondon Spare Moments)
y battalion of volunteer infantry was
drilling in a field. when a regiment of
regular cavalry rode by.
The colonel Of the cavalry halted ms
men to watch the volunteers. and, getting
into conversation with the colonel OF the
latter he criticised their drill untavor-
ably. especially their want of steadinesS.
The volunteer colonel was q nerce lei
low. and he cried, holly:
Ny men are as steady as any regiment
OF regulars"
Il do not think So retorted the caVal-
ryman. and if you'll draw up your men
in order to receive cavalry I'll prove IT,
The challenge was accepted. and the
caValrymen charged down upon the citi-
zen soldiers, who awaited them in the
usual way.
Now, regular cavalry can charge TO
within a few feet. or even inches. of in
fantry at full gallop and then. at the
word of command, pull up short.
nerve when they saw the huge horses
laundering down upon them and showing
no sign of stopping when a few yards
off. They fed. all but one man. Ohio re-
manned on his knee. with bayonet leveled.
His colonel, enraged at the others fight.
approached the hero and, tapping him
on the back. cried:
you're the only brave man in the reg
iment. You scorned to run
Yes. sir. Sasped the hero. Il had my
fut stuck in hole, or 1 shouldn't have
waited"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
BIG MEN FOR CAR CONDUCTORS.
Requirements of the Brooklyn
Heights Road Explained.

There is a demand for men of large
! physique as motormen and conductors on
the lines of the Brooklyn Heights railroad
All the new men who are being employed
must weigh at least 100 pounds and pass a
pnyslcaI examination these unusual re-
IuIrementS are explained as far as mo-
tormeu are concerned by the fact that
the increase in the trolley trafIic requires
motormen TO be strong enough to stop a
heavy car quickly in case OF emergency
and it requires a strong arm at the brake
under SuCn circumstances.
The necessity Tor big men as conductors
has not been made so apparent. One rea-
] son, however, was furnished the other
night by the conductor on a downtown
/ Third avenue car. AT SiXty-fifth street
one or two people We're transferred from
another car. When the conductor came
to collect the transfers one man said he
had not received a transfer.
I want your fare. them, said the con-
ductor.
"Why?"
Fare. please" said the conductor, be-
coming little impatient.
I won't pay any fare. 1 paid it on an
other car and wasn't told about trans
fers.
4 can't help that The others have
transfers You must pay or get off the
car.
You can't make me pay twice and you
can't put me Off
The conductor then stopped the car and
delivered the ultimatum. Pay or get
off.
You little know who 1 am or you
wouldn't talk that way"
4 don't care who you are said the
conductor. picking him up and carrying
him. struggling and kicking. out of the
car
Before the conductor had time to pull
the strap the man who was put off clam
bered on again. vowing all sorts Of ven
geance against the conductor. He paid
mis- fare and sat down He remarked that
no one but a policeman had d right to put
him off
I'm my own policeman on this car"
said the conductor. In talk with one or
two passengers on the rear platform the
conductor, who was undisturbed by
threats of having him dismissed. said:
1T is "A mistake to suppose that con-
ductOrs must get policeman to put on "A
passenger who refuses to pay his fare. In
most cases a policeman would decline 10
put the man off or was in danger There
is where the advantage of being big
man comes in. Now. | kept my temper.
hut had to put the man of or collect MS
fare. II I had allowed him to ride with
out giving either a nickel or q transfer
I would have been liable to be reported
for it and disciplined | don't like to get
but my duty is plain. The passenger L
put off may be a very respectable man.
and will likely complain to the company;
though he is plainly in the wrong; but II
he has any grievance it is not against
me-.
Just then the man who had been put off
signaled for the car TO stop.
You'll hear from me again. he SAID
in an TVe-got- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tone
as ne got off. The conductor bowed po-
litely as he rang the bell twice for the car
TO proceed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
Notice of Special Stockholders
Meeting


BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF
the Alliance Mining Company. a corpora
ton organized and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the territory (nOW
state) of Utah, notice IS hereby given that
q special meeting of the stockholders OF
said corporation viii be held at the Office
of said CORPORATION. room 504 fifth floor,
Progress block. on South Main street, Salt
Lake City, Utah. on Saturday. March 4.
1Sgq at 3 o'clock pm. Tor the purpose OF
con sidering a proposition to amend the
articles of Incorporation of said company.
and if thought advisable, 10 amend said
articles of Incorporation in the following
respects. namely.
the CORPORATION from One Hundred Thou
sand Dollars 10 One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars
Seeond-To increase the number OF
shares of capital stock IN the corporation
from 100000 shares to $4,000 shares.
Third-To provide for the placing of said
increase of 80 600 shares in the treasury
of the corporation as fully paid shares
subject 70 sale or 20 such other disposal
bv the board of directors as said board
may decide.
Fourth-In accordance with the fOrego-
ing to amend Article VI of said articles
of incorporation SO that same as amended
shall read as follows, to-Wit;
ARTICLE VI.
That the capital stock of this incOrpor-
alton is fixed and established at One
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
divided into One Hundred and Fifty Thou
sand shares Of the par value of One Dol
lar each. That fifty thousand OF said one
hundred and fifty thousand shares are
placed in the treasury Of this corpora
ton as fully paid shares. subject to sale
or to such other disposal by the board OF
directors as said board ar \ NAY RfyE feci IR
Secretary of the. Alliance Mining Co.
Dated January y. 1888
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
NO INCREASE UNDER ALGgR.

The Hull bill is doomed It is not.
strictly speaking, a reorganization
measure. While it provides for an in
creased army it leaves TOO many open
iIlgs for Ayers fatal work: too many
important places TO be filed by per
sonal followers and politicians.
This would ruin the army. A force
CT so, 900 men who are professional SOL
diers would be better than an army Of
twice that number LED or fed by in
experienced appointees whose only
knowledge of warfare has been OBJ
tanned at ward primaries.
The civil service system was pat
termed after the military service of this
country. Its superiority has never
been questioned but the opportunities
1t presents 20 cabinet politicians to
reward their friends and heeIers are so
lleagre that the president not only
favors the abolition Of several thou
sand civil service positions but the
opening If the military department for
political pulls as we'll
For a quarter of a century there has
not been such an absolute necessity for
civil service in state affairs or for a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
THE SPoILER.
Boston Congregationalist.)

kBDSlOn tOuSiS SdliOlidllSl-)
(After the manner of Rudyard Kipling)
a woman there was and she wrote for
the press
CAS- you or l might do);
She told how TO cut and nit a dress,
And how to stew many savory mess,
But she never had done il herself, / guess
(Which none of her readers knew.
the hour we spent and the flour we
And the sugar we wasted like sand.
At the hest of woman who never had
cooked,
(And now we know that she never could
And did not understand.
A woman there was, and she wrote right
CAS- you or 1 might do)
How out of a barrel to make chair
TO be covered with chintz and stuffed
with hair.
'Twould adorn any parlor and give it an
ART
CAnd we thought the tale was true).
o the days, we worked and the ways we
To hammer and saw and hack,
In making a chair in which no one would
A chair in which no one could possibly
sit.
Without crick in his back.
A woman there was. and she had her fun.
Better than you and u
She wrote out receipts, and never tried
one,
She wrote about children-of course she
had none
She told US to do what she never had
done.
CAnd never intended to try}.
And it isn't to toll and it isn't to spoil
That brims the cup Of Disgrace
II 5 to follow = woman who didn't know
beans.
"a woman who never had cooked any
beams.
But wrote and was paid to fill space.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-23
MUST BE DEFEATED.

The Hanna-Payne shipping subsidy
bill will have to be shelved until the
next regular session of congress.
There isn't money enough on hand
TO carry out a half dozen really meri-
torious schemes that are far more es-
sential to the growth and welfare Of
the nation.
The Nicaraguan canal will have to
be postponed. It is q project that
should be pushed to its conclusion at
the earliest possible date, under proper
conditions. But this the deficit in the
treasury prevents.
However, it is a fortunate thing for
the country that the subsidy bill cannot
pass. II is a hold-up, an unblushing
raid upon the national treasury.
IT is*a strange freak of fate that its
hackers, who are so frantically insist
ing upon its passage, are themselves
responsible for the condition which
stands in the way
No measure has been before the
present congress for which there has
been so much lobbying and cracking
Of the party whip as is being used to
force this act of loot through the clos
ing days Of a gorged session.
Dozens OF dummy trades unions and
merchants associations have been or
gained all over the country to flood
congress with petitions and appeals
for this grant of $1,000, 900 to the fnan-
cial hackers of the present administra-
ton
They are anxious for the money. How
the government can raise or spare the
amount are matters which do not con-
Germ them. Yet Chairman Cannon of
the appropriations committee is dis
tracted trying 20 figure out how to run
the administration ana at the same
time grant every favor asked by the
Hanna class of commercial politicians.
1t is too much Cor even a stalwart
Ike Joseph c. Cannon.