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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
THEIR SEATS
ARE VACATED.
FlndingastOW Wheeler and
Other COngreSSmen.
CIVIL COMMISSIONS
Are Different, the Committee Decid-
ing in Their Favor
HOUSE TO ACT ON THE REPORT.
General Wheeler and His Associates
VIII Take No Action Until This is
Donc-The Chairman Declares
That Partisanship Did Not
Enter Iuto the
Question.
HOUSE TO ACT ON The REPORT,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-The inquiry
ordered 10y the House OF Representatives.
as 10 what members had forfeited their
seats by reason OF accepting other offices,
ended to-day with a finding 10y the judi
dary Committee, that Major-General
Wheeler, a member from Alabama, COL
onel James r. Campbell. Of Illinois; COL
oncl David G.. Colson Of Kentucky. and
Major Edward e. Robbins. OF Penusyl-
vania had vacated their seats i'm the
House by accepting commissions in the
army.
AT The same time the committee deter
mined that none of the members of Con-
gress serving ON civil commissions had
thereby vacated their seats in the House
The Judiciary Committee has been con-
ducung the inquiry for several days. and
after arduous session ending az $3.50 j
m. the injunction of secrecy was re-
moved.
10 PARTISANSIIIP.
Mr. Henderson. chairman of tho com
mittee. says that throughout the inquiry
partisauship db not enter into the ques-
tion. The findings arc embodied In n res
olutiou which will be submitted 10 tho
House with n report. IL will take some
days before this can Doe done. me roso-
iutiou states i'm detail the facts rs 20 the
military appointment. acceptance and
service Of General Wheeler and the o.hcr
army officers and thcn declares their
seats vacated al the time of acceptance.
No statement was made public ass TO the
votes.
10 is declared. how ever, that AR @cu-
kins of Wisconsin. voted in the uetttiFe
and Mr. Parker. Of New Jersey voted in
the negative in the case OF Colonel Rob
bins. the latter having been rustsre
out Of service.
WHEELER SAYS NOTHING.
General Wheeler. was seen after The
findings was announced, but asked ~ be-
excused from commenting on the decision
as it was I'm the nature Of "a judicial
proceeding.
II is said General Wheeler and his
associates will take no action for the
present. as the findings of The committee
is yet TO he passed upon by the House
The fact that Mr.. Jekins voted against
unseatng General Wheeler and the
others may lead 20 a minority report Gle
though no notice of such was given.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
PRICE TWO CENTS.

liam W. White, at Lynchburg (confrma-
tion).
other discharges were; Privates Joei
T.. Swink Compay J.. First North caro-
lima. AT Salisbury. y. G.. William NJ.
Wheeler Company r. Second South caro-
lima. at Lcnoir ~ c.. First Class Private
Calvin L. Jones. Third Company. United
States Volunteer Signal Corps. Tarboro.
" c.: Private Hugh l. Cooper. company
NJ. First North Carolina, az Dysortviie'
y. C.: Quartermaster Sergeant Harry T..
Deaton. Company l., First North caro-
lima, at Havana.
POSTAL NOTES.
A new postofiice has been establish "a
at Liledown. Alexander county. y. -
with J. r. Moore. postmaster.
Fourth-class postmasters we're appoint
ed to-day az follows.
Vr2inia-Buckner's Station, LOUISA
county. Rosa X. Moucher
North na-Bloomington. Stanley
county. Aaron Fur: Deep River, Gull
ford county. r. e. Mendenhall; Gulley 8
Mil. Wake county. j. J. Jordan. Murtenz.
Caldwell county Joseph B. Webb South
Lowell, Durham county, Margaret Can
nady: Springle. Carteret county, Bette
A. Russell. Thurman. Craven county.
Gabriel L. Hardson: Tyra, Moore county
John o. Allen. Watts Ireden county
Thomas W Edwards.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
ACCUSES CRAMPS.
4 Witness Says They Were Paid for
Work Done by Government.

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA witness,
named Kegan. made the statement be-
fore the Committee on Education and
Labor. during a hearing on the eight
hour bill. that he had been informed that
or, mp q Son had collected $1,000 for
work done az the navy yard.
Mr. Kegan is from Philadelphia, and
he appeared as the representative Of the
National Association OF Machinists. He
said he had secured the information upon
which the statement was made during a
visit at the navy yard since his arrival
I'm Washington His statement in detail
was 10 the effect that the Cramps had
secured contract TO build q certain
number of gun carriages for the Gov
ernmegt: that for some reason they had
the work performed az the nayay yard,
and that il was found when the work had
been completed that 1t mad cost $1,000
less than the contract price, but that,
nevertheless, the money was paid over
TO the firm By the Treasury Department.
The statement was challenged by the
attorney for the Cramps. who was pres
ent and Senator Kyle was instructed to
make an investigation Of the matter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
TRIED TO WORK A GAME.
Young Man Claimed to BE French
Opcra Agent.


A nice looking well-dressed young man
about twenty-five years of age with a
small rrorstache and a few gray hairs
walked into the Southern Railway Pas-
seuger office yesterday and said:
Mr. Robert Roman is my name. siri
advance agent OF the French Opera Com
pany which will appear here February
10th. 20th and 21st There are twenty
six members of tho troupe and thirty
three pieces Of baggage and a little
scenery From Richmond We go to
Greensboro. Charlotte and Spartanburg
for a night each. and thence to Atlanta
and Chattanooga. Can you make me out
an itinerary with schedule. etc. over
your line
This was promptly done by the clerk
in the office.
The young man expressed his salts
faction and said he would send his troupe
by that route He incidentally mem
toned that he would like 10 have the
railroad company extend him tho usual
courtesies i'm such cases which the young
man I'm charge prepared TO do.
\ little later. the clerk referred to find
ing IL necessary 10 go by the Academy
Of Music on other business. casually
mentioned 10 Manager Leath the cir
tAil0Ahu'f'f anu Ndo Pi'hFNAf t.AA'' .''''
that no such opera company had "a date
TO play i'm Richmond. Then the young
railroad man suspected that the stranger
was misrcpresenting matters.
A representative Of the railroad was on
hand at the station when the next train
left for the South. but the young man
did not show up, and he hansn't seen
him since.
1t is understood that the alleged
Frerch Opera representative applied for
similar courtesies at the CheSapeake *
Ohio Railway Passenger department,
stating that he would carry his troupe
20 Cincinnati over their line. Owing 10
some delay, however. he did not get what
he wanted He stated that he came 10
Richmond from Charleston over the At
lantic Coast Line
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
SPANISH RULE
WAS THE EASIEST
Hong Kong FiIpinOs Say the Ameri-
cans Cypress the islanders.
Looking to the Senate.

HONE KONG, Feb. 3.-The Filipino
Junta here has issued the following
statement
simultaneously with the proclamation
OF the Republic, Aguinaldo released the
Spanish war prisoners as an act OF grace.
The Spanish imposition Of the poll
tax is enforced by the Americans with
greater severity. Formerly he poorest
paid 81 and the rich ;S7. Now the lowest
pay s. and the rich 500. which Is greatly
exasperating the people.
Gambling, cock lighting, bribing,
squeezing and the American abuses Of
the customs are causing decentralization.
The Spanish corrupt. despotic system IS
to be the model OF the American execu-
tive.
THE Manila Ffftplnos are Indignant at
the notion Of the American journals that
they will tamely submit to be expert
mented with by amateur colonial ad-
minlstrators. and hope the decision OF
the United States Senate on Monday VIII
be of nature 10 satisfy their aspirations
as Frequently expressed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
A WINTER CYCLONE.
Northern Alabama Suffers from Ter
rifle Wind and Hail Storm.

ATLANTA. GA, Feb. IA Special TO
The Constitution from Birmingham, Ala
SAYS: "A heavy nail storm ragged at MGR
NE a afterrcon Ihls seemed 70 start
cvclone and a pain three hundred yards
,sids yos moved for several miles.
frees. telegraph poles, houses. railroad
ears and fences %gfe nareS io% St scar fsr
a. Known here tonight no one was killed.
"At Dale, a stone quarry camp, twelve
bo,,ses and a big ccnImissary were level
led Several people were badly Injured.
Railroad cars we're niown on the track
aNav one mile above Village Springs,
The cyclone blew down Ligc Bowder's
house. seriously inluring him and slight
ly injurng his family The storm seem
point and was dissipated."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
sub-Marine Boat a Success.

PARIS Feb. IN Lockroy Minister
OF Marine. has communicated 10 the Ma
lin AN account OF the successful torpedo
ing OF the French batueship Magenta BY
cent practice.
"Ali on board the Magenta" he says.
Hwere in a state Of feverish excitement.
watching the surface OF the sea. sud
denly the cupola OF the Gustave Zede ap-
neared abreast OF the Magenta. about
1 go wards distant. but before the guns
~ the warship could be trained upon her
the submarine boat disappeared beneath
the water The Magenta WAS then order
ed 10 steam ahead which she did. yet
within a minute the Gustave Zede's blank
torpedo struck the warship below the
waterline New York sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
TO HELP MRS MAVERICK.
Affidavit OF a Norfolk Jeweller Shows
That MAVERICK Used Arsenic.

A special TO the New York Sun from
Norfolk. says: Much interest Is felt
in Norfolk in the movement inaugurated
in New York 10 secure the release or
Mrs. Maybrick, the American woman
serving a term I'm an English prison for
poisoning her husband Mr. Maybrick
and his wife were we'll known here. Mr..
G. +. Greenwood a ieweler OF this city,
with whom Mr.. Maybrick was intimate.
has made affidavit that Mr. Maybrick was
accustomed 10 take large doses OF
arsenic.
Mr. Greenwood says that he saw him
once swallow a pill as large as a pea,
and that Maybrick said: Greenwood. one
OF these would kin you. but / can take
'em In fact | have to- for l am very
nervous. IL was with this drug that
the Imprisoned wife Is charged with hay.
Ing poisoned her husband.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
Trained Army Nurses.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-A number of
ladies prominently identified with the
Daughters Of the Revolution were be-
fore the House Committee on Military
Affairs to-day i'm reference 10 the bill
proposing "A permanent corps Of nurses
for the army. After hearing the ladies.
the committee held an executive session
and agreed 10 report the bill with some
amendments proposed by Mr. Hay. Of
Virginia. As agreed 10. the bill gives "A
regular corps of female army nurses OF
not more than One-half OF one per cent
In number of enlisted men.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04

PITTSBURG, PA. Feb. 3.-A terrible
gas explosion occurred on Sycamore
street. completely demOlishing the brick
residence OF Joseph Ackerman. There
Is nothing left OF the building. which was
blown TO atoms. one woman. Mrs.
Weaver was killed and five persons In
jured one Of wohm may die. The ex-
plosion was caused by a gas leak in the
cellar. ACkerman was called from his
saloon across the street 10 investigate.
He went into the street. lighted match
and the eXnlOslon followed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
France TO Build a Great Navy.

ROME. Feb. 1.-The Corriere della Sera
publishes "A report OF an interview with
NJ. IOckroy the French Minister OF Ma
rine In which he is represented as say
ing that the French naval programme
includes the construction OF the most
powerful battleships. cruisers, torpedo
boat destroyers and submarine vessels.
I'VE shall be ready NJ. LOckroy says.
TO maintain a sea war wsh England
and likewise to maintain . areat block
ade."
NJ. I.ockroy further expressed his be-
lief that England's war organization was
cverrated. and also thar France would be
willing that Italy should occupy Tripoh.
N. Y. sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04

WILKESBARRE. PAl Fek 2.-Dr.
Wese. who has no diploma, agreed To-
cure Peter Coke Of long-stan.hng case
of rheumatism. The doctor filled a bar
rel with hot water bricks, sand. salt,
vinegar and ants Coke was then put
in the barrel and nearly boiled to death.
Coke sued Weise for practicing medi-
cine illegally, and the latter was arrested
and Is now in jail
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
THE DEADL0CKS.
Quay still Lacks Fourteen Votes-u n
changed in Othcr states.

HARRISBURG PA. Feb. 3.-Senator
QUAY was fourteen votes short Of the
number necessary TO elect to-day by the
absence without pairs OF Senator ltis-
gins. Democrat. and Representative
Scott and Senator Ware.
The convention adjourned after the
taking of the ballot.
LINCOLN. NkB., Feb. 3-The leading
Republican senatorial candidates had a
conference to-day on a question of a eau
Gus. but no agreement was reached. Hay
ward and Thompson each gained a Note
to-day.
SALT LAKE, UTAH Feb. 3.-Ihe sem
atorial deadlock continues. Several fruit
less ballots were taken to-day.
SACRAMENTO. CAL. Feb. J.-Ihe sit-
nation i'm the election of an United States
senators remains unchanged. But one
ballot was necessary 10 demonstrate that
the deadlock has not been broken
DOVER. DEL. Feb. 3.-Several ballots
for United States senator We're taken
to-day. They showed no change.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
SiN Killed hN a rrain.

PITTsBURG, PA. Feb. s.-A two horse
wagon loaded with furnlture and In
which six persons. five mR and a young
woman. were riding. was struck to-day
by a fast Baltimore and ohio freight
train at the crossing at Rivert0n sta
ton, Just above Mckeesport All OF the
occupants We're killed.
Dead--Husdon Elder. Vest Wilson. syl-
vester Wilson. George Dawson. an un-
known man, Mrs. Richard Shaughnessy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
UNDER ONE HEAD.
The Bourbon Whiskey Trust lncorpo-
rated Yesterday i'm Trenton.

TRENTON. y. j.. Feb. 5-Artlcles or
i,cornoration were filed with the Secre-
tarv of state this afternoon OF the Ken
tucky Disullers and Warehouse Com
pany. authorized capital S-,VNQo di-
v1ded into yl2 900. 900 preferred stock with
seven per cent. cumulative ,dlVldends'
norators are y. II. c. Young and A. q.
Garretson OF Jersey City, and Edison
Brady of New York city. The cAmpany
is empowered TO manufacture and dis
an Whisky. spirits. gin, etc
This company Is what j. known as the
Bourbon Whiskey Trust.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
MILES WON'T TALK.
Declines to Discuss Newspaper States
ments of Beef Invcsi cation.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-General Miles
was questioned tonight regarding the
reported statements that nc had denied
the accuracy Of -he interview concerning
beef furnished 10 the army. which was
published while on his recent visit to
New York lie declined 10 be drawn into
any discussion OF that or OF other news
paper statements pertaining 20 beef IN
NCstigatiOn.
General Miles insists that the question
at issue after an was not one OF this or
that interview. bat whether bad food was
furnished the army.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04

SAVANNAH, GA. Feb. 3.-The trans
port Manitoba sailed to-day FOR Matan-
zas. Cuba, with six trops OF the Second
Cavalry. The Manitoba Will go 20 san
Juan from Mantazas 90 take the Forty
Seventh New York Regiment home 70 be
mustered out.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-04
WEATHER FORECAST.

Virginia Rain. followed by clearing:
colder in western portions; soutnerly
winds. shifting to brisk nothwcsteriy
North CarOlins--Rain. followed by
cearing colder brisk soutnery winds
shifting 20 northwesterly.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-26

In 1852 Ramsay succeeded Shack
elton as portrait painter to the court.
an appointment which multiplied
his commissions, especially for pic
lures of royal personages, to an in
ordinate extent, turning his studio
into mere mandatory of por-
traits. Little in these but the head
was executed by himself, and even
the head in course of time fell to
pupils who, like Reimagle the elder,
had caught their masters manner.
The king was in the habit of pre-
senting elaborate full lengths Of
himself and queen to all the foreign
ambassadors (two Of the first of
these went to the Duke de Nivernais,
at Paris). And Ramsay 8 studio, first
in Soho and afterward in Harley
street, where it overfiowed into the
hayloft and coachrooms at the
back, was seldom free from royal
efigies in various stages of compo-
sition- - Austin Dobson's Eight
eenth Century vignettes."
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-26

min was eating. That pious person drew
back Mortified at the living forms he saw.
What did he do? Throw away the fruit
Not he He smashed the microscope
and went on with his meal.
There are people who are suffering
with weak lungs. They have an obsti-
nate cough, are weak, etnaciated, hope
less. They have been taught there's no
hope for them. Some one puts into their
hands one of DR.. Pierce's books or ad-
vertisements and through this medium
they see healthy, happy men and women,
who declare that their lungs had been
weak, they had been racked by coughs,
had been emaciated, feeble, hopeless,
and were positively and permanently
cured by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. These cuves can be NUM-
bered by scores of thousands.
Are you sick? Will you throw aside
the advertisement, break the microscope,
or will you make one effort for health'
Write to DIR. R. v. Pierce, at Buffalo,
N. Y. There is no charge for consulta-
ton by letter. You'll get prompt
answer, with fatherly sympathy and
medical skill combined.
There is no alcohol, or other stimulant
in Golden Medical Discovery"
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-26
coLoRED SOLDIERS.



BY Them.
That there is an army of about
25, 900 in the United States and that
q private soldier receives s13 per
month is about all the information
the average citizen possesses on the
subject. Why any sane man of aver
age strength of mind and body
should voluntarily deprive himself
of the privilege of quitting his job
at moments notice is another
mystery. The greater number of
military posts are located in the far
west, each location being selected as
a central point for troops in case of
Indian outbreaks. Thus, to the pres
ent generation, private soldier in
uniform is almost curiosity, and a
colored cavalryman is as great a
curio as an Indian in war paint.
There are 2, 400 colored troops in the
United States in the regular army
Of this number, six troops are locat-
ed in northwestern Nebraska, at
Fort Robinson. Here is found the
colored cavalryman in all his ele-
ment. As each troop has 60 men, the
$50 cavalrymen located here at Fort
Robinson makes it the largest caval-
ry post in the United States. Not a
white man is to be seen except the
commanding officers. Here is prac-
tical demonstration of how negro
can be trained and disciplined into
doing work with the same energy
and promptness as white soldier,
and, when it comes to the test, show
ing the same bravery and endurance
This was shown by the 80 mile ride
of the famous Seventh during the
Indian war at Pine Ridge agency in
1890, when they came to the rescue
of a company of white soldiers who
were surrounded and in danger of
being cut off by the Indians.
These colored cavalrymen cannot
only do the work when it comes to
the trial, but have a happy faculty
of keeping in good humor, always
laughing and chattering and as hap
py as children. That the life of a
colored trooper is satisfactory is evil
denced by the fact that fully one
half re-enlist after the first three
years enlistment expires.
Many people have the impression
that when a man fails in everything
else he can at least assure himself
that he may join the United States
army as a last resort to keep alive.
But the requirements are such that
but few applicants successfully pass
the examination. The candidate
must be unmarried, between the
ages of 21 and 80, possess fair edu-
cation, pass strict physical exami-
nation and bring recommendations
as to his moral character. During
July the Chicago recruiting station
accepted only 430 applications out
of 3, 1863 candidates who were willing
to share the lot of a private soldier.
The army is no longer a place OF
refuge where a man who has lost
all hope and ambition may bury
himself from the rest of the world.
The private who is ambitious has a
future here as well as in any other
occupation, for promotions are made
from the ranks. In July of each year
competitive examinations are held.
Those who successfully pass the ex-
animation are placed on the list for
promotions. Should a colored man
who desires to enter the cavalry
successfully pass the examinations
at recruiting station, he would be
assigned to one of the cavalry posts
in the west. Indianapolis Journal.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-26

The difference between fort and
fortress lies in the fact that the
former is designed to contain solely
the garrison and their munitions,
while the latter is often city con-
taining large number of nonoom'
batnnts.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-06-26

See Brownlng's fine screen doors.
Try Eed Cross Ball Blue, jnl6

4 Duy your screen uoors Ol browning.
Best line of screen doors ut Brown
ing's,
The flyer was an hour and a half
late this morning.
DR.. Fortner returned from Sloan
Springs yesterday.
Miss Morse and sister leave this
evening for Neosho.
Miss May Holland who has been
quite Ill is improving
Summer lap robes, fly nets and dus-
ters, at Lee Barrett's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Carlos returned
from Fairand yesterday.
Those lap robes at Lee Barrefts are
beauties. Go and see them.
First class shoemaker-with all
kinds Of repairing done. Lee Barrett.
The Euchre club will be entertain
ed Thursday afternoon by Mrs. W. S.
Stanheld.
Try Red Cross Ball Blue. jnl6
Second hand goods bought and
sold. See rae on this line. KeIlar
Walker.
These sickly days yoG may need
medicines. We have them. PEOPLES
Drug Store,
Copies of the Vlnita ordinance book
can be obtained at this office: price
25 cents each.
Try Red Cross Ball Blue. jnl6
Ice cold soda pop, ginger ale and all
iced drinks; also fine line cigars, at
Charley Newman's.
Mrs. L. F. Parker and Mrs. e. L.
HaIsell returned yesterday from
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. S. S. Sanders will deliver an
address on the fourth of July in be-
half of the Cherokces.
Our drug store is headquarters for
people who want pure drugs properly
prepared. The Peoples.
The five year old daughter of James
Alfrey, at Sloan Springs died Satur,
day, and was buried Yesterday.
Second hand goods bought and
sold. See me on this line. KeIIar
Walker.
Try Red Cross Ball Blue. jnl6
Miss Josephine Fayant returned
from Claremore Saturday evening
where she has been visiting.
Corn in the Arkansas river bottom,
between the ferry and Ft. Gibson, is
ten feet high and cotton looks proper
tionately well.
Mrs. Hays, Mrs. Chouteau's mother,
fell off a box yesterday, breaking her
collar bone. Being quite old, it is
serious matter with her.
Jim Davenport, Bert Chandler, Cy
Cornatzer and Bob Chamberlin are
delegates to the Downing convention
held today at Claremore to nominate
a ticket for senate and council.
If your stomach is disordered, bow
els irregular and you don't sleep we'll,
you need Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t is
very effective in removing this condi-
tion. Sold by Chapman & Briggs.
Mrs. w. NJ. Mellette will receive
her friends tomorrow afternoon, the
occasion being in honor of Mrs. Ten
ney and Mrs. Gregory, of Ft. Smith.
her guests.
No man can work well with a torpid
liver or constipated bowels. A few
doses Of Prickly Ash Bitters will
quickly remove this condition and
make work a pleasure. Sold by Chap
man s. Briggs.
Try Red Cross Ball Blue. jul6
For sale, a lot $50 by 300 feet with
7 room house, good barn, moke house
and other buildings. and good fenced
garden. A bargain for some one
wanting property in Vinita. Price
1920, cash.
]. s. Thomason and family return
ed from Sloan Springs this morning,
where they had been visiting Mr..