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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19
A WANTON MURDER.
Tom Lowrance Stricken
Down From Behind.

A cowardly, brutal murder has
been committed in the neighbor-
hood of Alluwe' Friday last, the
14th instant, Tom Lowrance, who
for the past ten years or more has
lived near that place, was hauling
wheat to threshing machine, in
company with man by the name
of Franklin, and others. Mr.. Low
rance made some jocular and per-
haps sarcastic remarks about the
small loads that Franklin was
hauling. Later in the day Frank
lin called Lowrance to account for
what he had said when Lowrance
assured him that his remarks were
only made in jest, and the i'll feel
ing of franklin seemed to have
ended. The next afternoon, Sat-
urday, while Lowrance was stand
ing with his arms on a wagon
Franklin approached him stealthily
from the rear and gave him several
violent blows over the head and
back with a heavy fork, the prongs
of which had been broken off.
Lowrance fell unconscious, ex-
claiming as he did so, "What
struck me?" He never regained
consciousness and died Sunday,
about p. IN.
The crowd of men who were
standing around the machine at
the time did not realize that Low
rance had been fatally injured.
Franklin, it is said, buckled re-
volver around him and drove of,
and is now at large.
Mr.. Lowrance was q respected,
successful farmer there and had
the good will of the entire COM
msnity. He leaves a wife and
child, the latter daughter about
five years old. His family are
prostrated by grief. The commu-
nifty is greatly incensed. 1t is
hoped that the murderer will be
speedily brought to justice.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19

SIruck-By Johnson. lS; by Meredith. 8.
Hit BY pitched ball Trollinger.
Pass balis><oarks, 2,
Earned runs--Aurora. 5; vinita,i
Tulsa people tried TO cut the vinitas
of by sending their papers here where
they never sent them before, but 1t
did them no good, for The Aurora boys
took a firm stand against 1t, and de-
clared that they knew it, was untrue.
The Aurora boys have many good
words to say for the Vinita people and
tife way they were treated while here.
There has never been the least bit
OF the clap-trap and bulldoziug meth
ods used In the games at Aurora and
not Il single kick or wrangle has been
registered. thus showing that it is not
Vinita's metbol Of playing ball.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19
ST. LOUIS CATTLE nARKET.
What Was Done Yesterday by Ter
ritory Shippers.

Lasater & Noble had six cars oil
cattle on the market from Tulsa,
containing 716 pound calves sold
at SO per head, and 800 pound
cows sold at 3.40 per 100 pounds.
The entire consignment was
bought by Nelson Morris & Co.
w. II. Jennings had in three
loads of calves from Oaktaha, con-
sisting of 140, 144 and 148 pound
ers, all sold to Nelson Morris &
Co. at s4.75 per 100 pounds.
Blueford Miller, of Red Fork
marketed 1856 pound cows at SO. 35
and 997 pound steers S4.l0.
Miller & Perry had in two loads
oil S6i pound steers from Red Fork
that brought 50 80.
H. ]. Timon, of Tulsa, market
ed l49 pound calves at $3.50 per
head, no pound COWS at $500 and
63S pond heifers at SO. 10.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19
CATTLE nARKET OFF.
A Decline Which VIII Check Cher
okee Shipments.

There has been heavy decline
in the cattle market in the last
week--on some steers 80 cents. or
better. In discussing the subject
this morning Pryor Farley ex-.
pressed the opinion that the 1905
pound steers sold for w. E. Hal
sell at s4.05 would have brought
s4.40 last week, a decline Of $3.50
a head. The reasons, he believed,
were that a:lot of green cattle have
been rushed on the market, have
not dressed OUT the expected
percentage, and as result packers
have refused to pay what they
did. Good steers from herds
which buyers know, Mr.. Farley
believes, will yet sell at fairly
good figures all summer. In ex-
PLANTATION of the situation he re-
lated an incident which he wit
messed some time since. A ship
ment Of good looking cows were in
the yards, which were hard to sell.
When asked the cause the COM
mission man explained that the
first lot had not justified expecta-'
tions whens killed, and as result
he had been uuabls to get within
Is cents a hundred Of what they
were worth since that.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19
A Paris, Texas. Dispatch.

Sheriff Thomas Watson, of Neo-
sha, county, Choctaw nation, who
fred the bullet that killed Goings,
was in Paris Saturday. He and
Alex Wilson, an A.ikichi mer-
chant, came in wagons after goods.
They arrived at 5 O'Clock, made
their purchases quietly and left
before sundown. The sheriff de-
clined to express himself. Wilson
said Goings should not have been
executed. Abner Clay, the district
attorney, was the moving spirit in
defying the writ. He served a
term in the Detroit penitentiary
under federal court sentence for
killing negro. When the habeas
corpus writ was received be de-
clared ifthe sheriff did not execute
Goings he would shoot him him
self; that he had served one term
in the penitentiary and would
serve smother, if necessary.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19

Eaiued runs--Vinita. 9; Aurora3
Struck out--By Little. A; by McQuerry. i;
by Morris.4
Bases on balls--OR.ittle. 8; of McQuerry.
o; of Morris. ..
Hit by pitched ball--Ridenhour and Shell
lenberger
stolen bases- "A urorA, Q; vinita, s.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-07-19

The kind treatment the baseball
boys received at Aurora is in
marked contrast TO the insults
they received while the guests Of
the city Of Tulsa.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
AN OFFICE FOR GOMEZ.
General Brooke Will Provide Place for
the Cuban Commander.

General Brooke Will Provide a Place for
the Cuban Commander.
HAVANA, Feb. 10.-G0vernor General
Brooke wishes to provide an appoint
ment for General Maxine Gomez, if
one can be found or created suitable to
his abilities or acceptable to his taste.
Thus far no decision has been made.
The project is only an idea and it's de-
vetopment viii depend upon the result
of the governor generals interview with
the general. Some Of the friends Of the
Cuban c0mmander-in-chief think he
will be indisposed to take an appoint
ment or pension from what he regards
as temporary military government
and which he also regards should soon
come to an end.
A subscription has been started to
buy Gomez house at Ell Vedado, where
he may spend his declining years in
peace, after stormy career.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
A Penny Saved.

When Benjamin Franklin wrote
" A l.enny saved is penny earned, :"
he did not mean penny skimped
from our daily living or from our
psnecessities. That is not "a penny
saved in the best sense. It is a
stolen from yourself A pen
my saved is penny rescued from
waste An hour taken from needed
saieep is not an hour saved, but. an
ahour stolen. An hour taken from
idle gossip and turned TO some good
> account, that is an hour saved. And
lit is the same way with our money
and GUY products. There is no econ
ssomy in self denial. 1t is the duty of
aeVery man and woman to live the
fullest and best life possible, to get
the most they can out of life, to
>~Snourish the body and mind and soul
&and to develop them to the highest
degree. This cannot be
iasaone by skfnping." A fuller, freer
life is what we need. Economy is
necessary, but we must not mistake
egwhat economy is. We must save the
WASTES, stop the leaks, but, having
saved, we must put our savings to
-sB0me good use, else we are like the
-sHiser with his gold--a detriment to
asOciety instead of good. -Philadel-
s4Rhia Ledger.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11

two big guns, for about 30 minutes.
The Americans did not reply The
enemy fired at long range and nobody
was hurt.
All was quiet along the rest Of the
line and there was no change in the
American position during the night,
The Tennesseeans have just sailed for
Tloilo on the steamer St. Paul. Bfiga-
der General Millers force now consists
of Battery G., the Sixth and Eighteenth
regular infantry regiments and half a
signal company, with the Baltimore,
Boston and Petrol.
Sergeant Major Smith of the Ten
nessees has been ordered to proceed to
the United States by the next transport
as an escort to the remains of Colonel
William G. Smith of the First Ten.
nessee volunteers, who died of apoplexy,
during the recent battle with the Fill
pInOS
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
TAKE lLOILO
Washington Officials Believe Gen
eral Miller Will Soon Begin
the Task.
Dispatch of ReinfOrcements From
Manila Looked Upon as a
Signal.
Iowa Troops Returned to Manila
Because Virtually Unfit
for Duty.
Insurgents Burn San Rogue Be.
fore Evacuation by Order
of Dewey.

WASHINGTON, Feb TO- Possibly with
| in AZ hours General Miller will have
begun the attempt to occupy lloilo on
the island of Panay. No specific orders
on this score have been sent to him since
the battle of Saturday and Sunday, nor
has he been heard from recently respect
ing the matter, but it was his known
intention to make this important move
ment as soon as he felt that conditions
warranted it, and statements contained
in the press reports from Manila con-
vince the officials here that General
Otis at last has authorized the landing.
The best Indication Of that determin-
alton was the dispatch from Manila Of
the First regiment of Tennessee yolun-
teer infantry for Iloilo. So long as the
massing of insurgents around Manila
appeared to convey a serious threat
against its safety, Governor Otis felt
felt bound not to weaken his forces by
sending any additional troops to Iloilo,
but now that he has the insurgents de-
moralized he can proceed to carry out
his plan for the occupation of the princi-
pal city in the Philippine group next to
Manila. This movement might have
been made some time ago, but for the
necessity the commanding general was
under of withdrawing the Fifty-first
Iowa regiment from before uoilo. These
troops had been on their transport so
long that they were really unfit for
active service until they had an
opportunity of stretching them
selves ashore for few days. The last
time they had been ashore was at HON
olulu. en- route from San Francisco for
Manila. From Honolulu they went to
Manila harbor, bat were not landed,
being turned about at once and sent to
Hoilo. The insurgents sent out word
that they would not be allowed to land,
and ever since, until week ago, they
have been lying aboard ship in sight of
land and thoroughly weary of the ship.
Now, however, they are once again on
shore at Manila.
General Miller has with him the Sixth
and Eighteenth infantry, and Battery
G, of the Sixth artillery, and these will
be reinforced in the course of "a hours
by the First Tennessee regiment, max
ing a force quite equal to the occupation
Of IloilO.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
TOCALIFORNIA WITHOUT CHANGE
Via 1.-THE Milwaukee"

On every Saturday during the win
ter an elegant Pullman Tourist Sleep
er will leave Minneapolis 1925, St.
Paul 1886 A. NJ, and arrive Los Az
gelos, California, at 8:25 A. M. follow
ing Wednesday.
Via ''THE MMwAUKEE's" famous
"Hedrick Route to Kansas City,
thence via the A., T. & S. F. Ry.
through Southern California.
A most delihhtful winter route to
the coast.
Quicker time is made via this route
between St. Paul and Minneapolis
and California than via any other line.
Rate per double birth, $500 through
from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave St. Paul and Minneapolis
every Saturday morning, arriving Los
Angeles every Wednesday morning.
For berths, complete information,
and lowest rates, apply to ''THE MI
wAUKEE' agents, St. Paul or Mime
apolis, or address
J. Z. CoNLEY,
Asst Genl Pass. Agt.,
St. Paul, MINI.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
FILIPlNOs CONCENTRATING, !.
Large Force Said to Be Gathering at
CalOocan and MRlabOn.

Large Force Said to Be Gathering at
CalOocan and Malabon.
MANILA, Feb. l0.-All is qniet here
The Filipinos are lying low, except on
the extreme left and right. They are
evidently concentrating between Calico
can and Malabon. Judging from ap-
pearances, the Filipinos are being rein
forced by better drilled men from the
northern provinces. In front Of Caloo-
can, they are as thick as swarm of
bees.
The American troops feel the heat at
midday in the open bat they are anx-
ious to proceed. The soldiers are impa-
tient Of restraint, while in sight OF the
enemy.
The Filipincs are still intrenching
themselves on the left at Caloocan. a
Telegraph operators are now worth
their weight in gold and the members
Of the signal corps are working night
and day.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
NO INSTRUCTIONS.
General Otis Will Be Permitted to Deal
With FilipdnOs as He May See Fit.

General Otis Will Be Permitted tn Deal
With FilipdnOs He May See Fit.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-There is an
almost complete release Of the tension
under which the rapid current of events
in the Philippines has held the officials
of the administration since the first
startling news from Manila Saturday
night. This was brought about through
the receipt of bulletin from General
Otis summing up the latest results Of
the fighting he has had with the natives.
The statement that Aguinaldo's infu-
ence had been destroyed and that the
Filipino leader was seeking for cessa-
ton of hostilities and for conference
was most acceptable and was interpre-
ted as an admission that he had
Realized HIS Terrible Mistake.
It is entirely improbable that ne will be
able to restore anything like the status
quo or to obtain anything like the same
terms as were possible last week. No
one here now knows just what General
Otis intends to impose in the way Of
terms Secretary Alger repeated his
statement that he had given the general
no instructions since the battle and saw
no reason for giving any. He realized,
he said, that General Otis, being on the
ground, having proved his fitness, was
in better position to deal with the
situation than any one in Washington.
Should the general ask permission,
therefore, to do anything he would be
Granted Permission Immediately.
''Should he ask for instructions on
any point, said Secretary Alger, she
would be- told to exercise his own dis
cretion."
In this view of the case it will be seen
that nc one here can tell how General
Otis will act toward Aguinaldos appli.
cation. But the opinion is expressed by
men here who know General Otis expe.
rience with the Indians that he will
make the laying down of arms the con-
dition of dealing with the insurgents at
all, and if that condition is met Of
course it will mean a speedy termina.
ton of the rebellion
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
White House Teas Pay Political Debts.

White House Teas Pay Political Debts.
Zone of the familiar modes of en-
tertainment open to occupants of the
White House is the afternoon tea,
which comes very near being in
formal, writes a cabinet member S
wife IN The Ladies' Home Journal,
referring to an earlier administra-
ton than the present one. "Yester-
day afternoon Mrs. President enter
tanned about 80 ladies in that way,
mostly visitors in town, toward
WHOM she wished to extend a special
courtesy, such as wives and daugh-
ters of local politicians who had
contributed largely to the campaign
fund or been of use some way or
GthEI Sometimes an unsuccessful
ly o. ice seeker can be pacified by
such special favor bestowed upon
his wife. | know one woman who
went home in high glee showing a
note Of invitation dated from the
executiVe mansion and signed by
the presidents wife as her proud
ssest possession. For months after
sHfe went home every caller had to
.4hear all about that private reception
and read the invitation. She was
hot Il Sorehead after that, even if
her husband was. "
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
Western Tree Planters

Those who contemplate planting
trees save money by buying direct of
us. We have complete assortment
of nursery stock at very low prices.
Surplus of Apple, Soft Maple and
Box Elder trees. Send for price list.
Agents wanted. Write for terms.
UECxE Il ST1LsoN,
it's Corwith, Iowa.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
OBEYED DEWEY'S ORDER.

Insurgents Evacuated San Rogue, but
Burned the Town Before Leaving.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The navy de-
partment has received the following
dispatch from Admiral Dewey:
after continued interference and in
timidation of our workmen, ordered
armed insurgents to leave San Rogue
by O'clock d. m. They left during the
night, few remaining VINO burned the
village. 1t is now occupied by our
troops. All quiet.
San Rogue is village on the neck of
land connecting Cavite and the main
land of Luz0n.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
WATcHfaIs EMPLOYEEs~


How EinanGiAl Nhx5iEUsdCms and Others
Keep IrssS nj Thsrsx Mem.
1t has beqaaasa the custom else
where, and II ii generally true in
this city, thai sIae employees in
financial inafii l&ions are required
to give bono, s.fa amounts varying
with the degree az responsibility of
the duties wi;a%4 }hey perform La
addition to asiss 'sowever, super
vision, vaTySa. ~ method, is main-
kained over eaCiS employee.
1t is belieyeat td1at the cultivation
of expensive habits, the contraction
of debts wltIGft Indicate that EN-
plogees are s.p,ps beyond their sal
aries. and tlaa association with un-
desirable eag. ncters ala may be-
looked upoa ~ furnishing ground
for suspicion tfssa&s ii the employee
has not actuelSy committed breach
Of trust, he i.s IN fair way to
meet a temp&9t&nR which may prove
too much for t|M.
It rs theueSGTa not unusual for
an employee IN such an institution
to receive G:tmmons to appear bea
fore the controlling official, and
kindly, but d@7i0lT, to be given the
option to change his course OF Fife
or to leave tins institution.
It is also fa$@@ I3g those who are in
terested in tG2a management Of such
enterprises 4ls@t the confidence Of
the public - apt to be irnpaared
when they ESa1w tdat mem of bad
habits and thoss keeping improper
company are employed in that con-
Germ. 1t is therefore on this ground,
as well as foI zoe better security of
the funds whoa are inttusted tG
their keeping, tuat financial institu-
tiOns are in the aaDit Of keeping such
a close WatcA ever the daily lives
of their employees.
In the cage nf mercantile estab-
lshments, ba*a Earge and small, ia
this city, it Is moi the custom to re-
quire bonds o. s Employees except ia
the cases OF 8 lew Nevertheless,
the proprietoI.s of such establish
ments find 1t. necessary to guard
against the 6aNg8r of the dishonesty
of employees, and it is stated that
one of the hest methods known to
modern busiaasa men is that of not
ing the habits aad the way Of living
of the employers,
In all large esta blishments there
are certain a:l01ber Of employees
who occupy confidential positions.
They are suppnsad to keep the mem
bers of the 6sDa posted in regard TO
what is going on among the force
of employees. and they, in turn, are
inspected by The members of the
firm. 1t is "a matter of everyday oo-
currence that the head Of a large es-
tablishment IS aotified that some
employee has made some purchase
or acquired et7n2a article, perhaps Of
as small importance as wearing APP
parel, which ':aaans to be an indica
ton of extra vagance.
Such hinS ia very apt to lead to
an investigation. and the head OF
the house is G120a put in possession
Of facts which chow how the suspect
ed employees spends his time outside
of business hGsEs, who are his asso
ciates and otitsr facts Of similar
character. II what is learned seems
to warrant It, the employee is
warned that he must change his
mode OF life. If is believed that by
following SUCH methods the begin"
nings of wToagioing are checked,
and employees having krowledgs
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
CAUSES or POVERTY.
Hard Condition OF Humanity That Is Eg.
tabIished by Nature.


Hard Condition OF Humanity That Is Eg-
tabIished by Nature.
''Tha Causes of Poverty" IS the
subject at paper by the late Fran
0is A. Walker in The Century. Gen
eral Walker says:
In the FIRST place, l should with
out hesitation say that easily chief
among the causes OF poverty is the
hard condition OF the human lot as
by nature established. The prime
reason why bread must be SO dear
and flesh and blood SO cheap is that
the ratio Of exchange between the
two has been fixed in the constitu-
ton of the earth. much to the disad-
vantage OF the latter. When it is
written that God cursed the ground
and bade it be unfTuitful, bringing
forth briers and thorns, that man
should only eat his bread with
dripping brow, the Scripture does
not exceed the truth of the unceas-
ing and ever painful struggle for ex-
iEtence.
Taking it by and large, it is
hard, cold and cruel world, in which
little is to be got except by toll and
anguish, and of that little not all can
be kept by any degree of care and
pains There are indeed regions
where the earth spontaneously
brings forth fruit enough for small
population and where moderate
effort will largely increase that prod
uGt, while the climate is SO benign
that life ID easily protected from ex-
posture, bat these are not the regions
where man ever has, or seemingly
ever cam become noble being, and
even here, in the midst of tropical
plenty, the serpent stings, the tiger
prOwls at night around the village,
the earthquake and the tornado
work their frightful mischief, chol-
era and malaria kill their millions,
while every few years gaunt famine
stalks over the land, leaving it cum
bered with eoTpses.
Throughout all the regions inhab-
tied by OUT own race life IS terri
bly, close and grinding struggle.
From four to seven months the earth
lies locked up in frost, and it's
wretchel inhabitants cover over the
scanty fire and try to outlast the
winter. When summer opens, it is
to harsh soil that the peasant re-
sorts to win the means, scanty at
the best, Of barely preserving life.
Sterility is the rule among the soils
OF earth, mountain and plain alike.
The exceptions are comparatively
few fertile valleys in which are con-
centrated the productive essences of
nature. The literature of primitive
peoples is ever. telling the story of
this unceasing wrestle with the hard
conditions of existence, and the same
dreary tale is repeated down to our
own day. AIcman, the Greek, calls
spring the season of short fare, "
and less than 40 years ago the Irish
peasant spoke of 1.-The starving sea
SON. which Immediately preceded
the harvest of the year. If, then,
you complain of poverty, make your
complaint manfully and squarely
against the Maker of the earth, for
poverty is largely his work. The
socialist is simply dishonest when
he charges human misery upon So
ciety. Society has done vastly more
to relieve misery than to create it.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
HAS NO NEED OF THEM.
General Wood Will Recommend DisbanG.
,nnnt Of n,u.n Mara Isnni,nnnta

General Wood Will Recommend Disband.
ment of Two More Regiments.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Feb 10. The re-
turn of General Leonard Wood, mill
tary governor of the department. Of
Santiago de Cuba, has completely paei-
fed the people here and it is understood
that he will soon recommend the dis
bandment of two more regiments, + e
Ninth and Third immunes. The gov.
ernor has been asked by the local au-
ehorities in the Mayari district to send
two companies Of American troops
there as the civil guard is said to be in
competent
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
TOTAL CASUALTIES.

Americans Lost 50 Killed and zoe Wound
ed aud Missing.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lO-A dispatch
from General Otis says:
Total casualties resulting from all
engagements since evening of Feb 4
aggregate s6S, as follows Killed, off.
GERS, So enlisted men; wounded, s Off
GERS, 1873 enlisted men; missing, . en-.
listed men"
Among the wounded is the name OF
A. F. Burns, Thirteenth Minnesota.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
CONGREGATIONAL.

The pastor, Rev. T. E. Archer will
preach In the morning at 1920 Oh
Mystic Dreams and Cleans" In
the evening at 7 30 On can Old Novel
with a New Hero" Sunday school
at 1900; Christian Endeavor at $50.
Morris tribune., 1899-02-11
To Promote the RUBBER Industry.

SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 1O.-A letter
from Guatemala states that the govern.
ment, in order to promote the rubber
industry, has issued decree Offering a
caballeria of the public lands equiva
lent to over 100 acres-to any person
having 1900 rubber trees over years
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