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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-09-25
Probabilities.


zoe lace llc ut Badgetts.
Machine dll at W: W. Mllcr's. All
kinds.
Mrs. A. j. Green was quite sick
yesterday
Fresh vegetables and frults-VInIta
meat store.
Latest styles In Stetson's soft aud
and stif hats at Badgetts.
N. L. Roberts, travelling for the
Kansas City paper house, is in Vinlta
today.
Have you seen that picture molding
at the Mingfurniture store?
See those new side.boards at Mlng's.
They are just what you need.
The run of work at the Chieftain
office this week necessltates two extra
printers.
There will be no preaching at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow as the
pastor Is out Of town.
All kinds OF tin work. roofing and
repairing done at Bruce Cameron's
tin shop.
Important and special business
meeting tomorrow night at Baptist
church. Members please attend.
Il Phaeton for sale, or will trade for
b horse; enquire here.
All kinds Of vegetables and fruits,
and the incest meats In town at Vini-
ia meat store.
A carriage drive about the city is to
be one of the features Of the press
meeting Friday and Saturday q this
week.
Red Cross ball blue is the best in
the world. Large OF. package five
cents. leaf dw
Collins ague cure works tne ilVer'
guaranteed Price so cents. Peoples
drug store. DIV
Vim. Mccain returned from West
ern Kansas last night where he has
been operating a. threshing engine.
He gives glowing account Of the
..L..,@ .,iol1 T., fbnf co0finn
Fresh bulk oysters at the Silver
Moon restaurant. lw
Say; do you know that the best
meats, fruits and Vegetables are sold
at the Vinlta meat store?
Sam Ridenhour, Chas. Parks, Pleas
Thompson and Elmer Meridth left
this morning for Denison, Texas,
Parks and Meridth will play ball with
Muskogee against Eufaula at Deni-
son.
Ladies' vests all silk reduced from
SOC to 25c at Madden FARRELL & Gee.
Sufferers with malaria will find Col
Inns ague cure an unfailing remedy.
Peoples drug store. dw
The Dawes commission reached
about number six hundred yesterday
Perhaps one hundred people have
went In without numbers, making 9
total OF some seven hundred heads OF
families that have been registered.
Buy your meats at the Vinita meal
store. Fresh meat sKillfully handled
and deliveries promptly made.
LadIes-haye you seen those droI
stitch hose were 35c now reduced Il
20c at Madden. FARRELL y Geeg
There is pretty hard lot OF people
camped along the outskirts Of thi
town, especially on the east side
Tearing boards from fences for fuel
gathering corn f:om neighborlng field
and general aud ouJlahdIsh depreda
tiun Is the rule.
"Black Cat" hose for ladies' ant
/ children Every pair guaranteed 7
give satisfaction. TrYa pair baa
gets.
4 Look out for malaria. II is season
able now. A few doses OF Prickly As
4 bitters is a sure preventive. Char
man & Briggs. d~
A vlnita dispatch in the Kansa
Clty Times today states that th
i Dawes commission will be here Il
The 18th inst. This is an error. Th
cammi~slon will be here till Oct 81
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-09-25

Ladies lille thread vests reduced from
S5c to csc at Madden, farrell 3 Gee
The Seattle Republican., 1900-01-19
WASHINGTON
PARAGRAPHS
CulIed and Collected From the Country
Papers Of the State
Things of State Importance Of Financial Value Of Agricultural
and Scientific Necessity Of Horticultural Advantage and
Of State Prosperity Reported From Every Section Of the
State Much Prosperity Evident Throughout the State

Catharine Mccarthy, who lives
near Forest, Lewis county, has Just
passed her 101st birthday. She is
in splendid health and sleeps as
peacefully at night as child.
G. B. Allen has resigned the
position as postmaster of Fort
Candy and Lewis Hendricks is a
candidate for the same.
North Yakima has been visited
lately by a number of fire fends
and, as e result, quite a few houses
have been burned. The miscre-
ants have not, as yet, been ap-
pretended.
The Ballard News is of the
opinion that neither the mayor nor
the chief of the police of Seattle
is given square deal by any of
the Seattle newspapers, it, there
fore, has undertaken the task.
The Sumas News has entered its
10th year and shows signs of much
prosperity.
The Tacoma poultry show has
been in session since January 16
and is being very we'll attended.
The seventh annual convention
of the Northwest Fruit Growers
Association, which has been in ses-
sion in Tacoma this week, has been
most literally attended by the
fruit growers Of the state.
The county treasurer of Clarke
county had $48,905.07 January 1st
last in his vaults. The finances of
the county are in a most
excellent condition.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-01-19

The Arlington Times is adver.
tising for good truck gardener to
locate near that city and guaran.
tees such a gardener a splendid
patronage from the citizens.
1t is claimed that a petition is
being circulated in Colfax, which
is to be extended to other counties
in the wheat belt, praying that the
governor call a special session of
the Legislature for February for the
purpose of passing a new freight
law.
Walla Walla county sent 80
prisoners to the penitentiary dur
ing the year 1899, half of whom
were ex-convicts and but few of the
number were residents of that
county.
William Lack, an old resident
of Mountain View, died January
4th while sitting at the dinner
table.
S. S. Palmer, while trimming
his blackberry bushes, near Elma,
one day last week, found some of
them in blossom.
One hundred dollars per capita
were expended in Assotin in local
building improvements, amount
ing in round numbers to $4,000,
during the year just closed. Pretty
good record.
If Congressman Jones succeeds
in his undertaking he will have
$l75,0O0 appropriated for a conva-
lescent military hospital at Van
couver barracks.
The Seattle Republican., 1900-01-19

bright young Filipino boy brought back from
Manila by one of the Washington volunteers. He is now
being educated and tendey reared in the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Redelshemer, well known Seattle
clothier AS most of the native Fpinos this boy
shows distinct of being offspring of that of
people known in the United States Negroes. AT
school he is exceedingly apt in books and studes and at
home prince of manness. His foster parents much
devoted to him and propose to give him polished educa-
ton Should he decide to return to his native land he
will be splendid subject to do missionary work among
the natives for Uncle SAM Lucas has parents to his
knowledge and being but street waif at home explains
why he away with the soldiers 1t is lucky for the
young fellow that he fell in such excellent hands Mr.
and Mrs Redelshemer He speaks English rather poorly
yet Spanish being his native language. That he might
not be weaned completely from his home memories Mr.
Redelsheimer sends him to Ca tholc school
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23
The HEALTH OF CUBA
Bad ciimats Mssss q gAiss %
shs Dast.
Ra1tenev @h@eswAmses Hsnws W7Wwxmdes
. WeMaeSfuA cAAAWs On
sAs Essaae - Asn@
WeA0AM

People who knew Cuba IN the aays
before the Spanish war, whea there
was yellow fever on the islaxd 81 ell
times of the year. and when there
were few places there where people
from the north could live comfortably
in the summer months. were pleasant
~ surprised TO see the rnepsbers OF the
Eighth looking hsle'and robust. much
- they would have looked after O
camp tour at Peekskill. sud showing
none of the signs Of the deadlincsz 81
the Cuban climate. Inquiry among the
of2cers and men demonstrated that
the bad climate OF Cuba 10, 20 o great
extent, matter of the past. II 70 fuse
40 warm there as il ever was. but
many OF the causes Of disease have
been removed or lessened 90 such an
extent that they have been rendered
practically harmless, says the New
York Tribune.
DR.. w. T. Lawrence, asekstant sur
geOn, who returned with the troops,
said: The improvements in the sani.
tsry conditions have produced the
great change for the better. Dr~in-
age systems and cleanliness have
changed the places in Cuba 20 an ex-
tent that is remarkable. In the town
Of Sancti Spiritus, which has a popu.
iAtion of about 1880. the death rate
wac t5o naoRth last year. and now II
10 about 30. The troops enjoyed good
health in the place, and we rarely had
more than one per cent. on the alex
roll. There are occasional yellow
fs,sr cases, but they are sporadic. ard
not epidemic. and the dread Of the dis
ease hae passed away"
DR.. L. S. Hughes, who was stationed
~ Caibarien, and Or. Shelly. whose
work was at Matsnzas. made similar
ssports, but all agreed that the fact,
&&st the troops from Cubs looked well
and that the rate OF mortality IL low
DO not indicate that Cuba is a desir-
ebie place as a permanent residcr.-
$or people from the north. VIII
proper care and attention to the ru'.,
of diet and mode OF life laid dawn i,
the army surgeons, they say. men InHy
thrive In Cuba for year or two. hut
after that time they will become t!.;n
blooded and malarial and " vii. l..
come more difficul; for them 10 throw
on the native feVers. For that reN& ~
nearly all physicians sdvocate the sy,-
tenn by which troops may be returned
to the north after being on the island
IL or ~ months, having their pisces
taken by men fresh from q more TEN.
perate climate.
In proof Of the assertion that srmy
methods do much to avert disease At
$ae Cuban military stations, surgeons
point to the fact that at ala the posts
sAs rate OF mortality among the ma
ttveS il much in excess Of that among
che soldiers, and wherever q post he's
been eStablishd the general health be-
~oTAes improved.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23
TO SAVE A srArgxouSH.
PAsiis B~asssas IN WaAsss TNaa Ia
- B~ PvssspvsA M u
1ssae.

EnorSs ara bein4 made By the pso
Plo OF Ksnss& 20 preserve from ths
Rnvsges of time the first statahouss
erected there. II 10 one OF che few
relics Of early days left s&snding thers
and II was bail. when the settlement
OF the west wss just bsginzinx.
II stands near Fort Riley in the cen.
trail part Of ths ststs, and 10 oil that
10 left Of $he town OF Pawpcs, SAs
hrst capital Of the stets.
The town woe started BIZ booeneru
who stood in with tAe territorial
governor, A. n. Rsdex, who owned
land there and wos good deal Of q
speculator.
The town association built the cap.
itol. stone structure, two stories
high and 40xso fest In outside dimen-
sions. II laid out the streeta and
boarding houses were made ready for
the first meeting Of the Legislature.
Then. in 1888, the governor called the
legislature to meet there, and the
solons dscioed that they would not a..
siSt him in his plays.
They went from eastern KAnsas in
prairie schooners, q long procession
that wound its way 100 miles out ON
the prairie, the trAvelers Rrowinp
more angry that the governor had a.
leeted 40 distant a place. They hsA
provisions for The trip. and when thsy
reached Pawnee not one Of them vent
to the boarding houses, az had been
expected, but they cooked in their
wagons and lived on che sd@e of stse
town site.
On the day for the opening Of the
legislature they went 20 the new s<ono
building and held session, which
consisted Of organizing and ADJOURN
ing TO Shawnee Mission, in the east
ern part Of the state, where, 6espite
all the efforts OF the governor, the re-
mainder OF the session was held.
Pawnee did not make q town. The
cholera broke out the next year at
Fort Riley and the people 1ed. The
statehouse stAnds out on the plain.
deserted, the roof gone and the in.
terror place for the hiding of coy
otes and sandhill owls. The state has
been ssked 20 purchase the old ruin
and preserve it for future genera.
tions, who will doubtless appreciate
II as reminder OF the efforts OF the
first-eomers to make this great city,
and for time il seemed likely thae
they would succeed.
Kansas has seven oapitols, endinM
with the present handsome building
at Topeka. not yet completed; bus
none has a more romantic history than
the old Pawnee ststehouse, and none
appeals more strongly 20 che lo,era
Of the picturesque.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23
HONOR TO AN INDrAN CHIEF.
"@Shin@Soa oMsAsis PIsaasa@ tep
Monument te Be Placed over
0YnVe Of q sAOsAens.

Plans are being made by officials of
the Indian otlSee in Washington for
the erection Of monument upon the
plot where is buried tho body OF the
famous Chief Washable, OF the Sho-
Shorcs. His grave is in a peaceful,
picturesque section OF the post Gem
etcry at Fort Wsshskie, Wyo., which
was named after the old man a long
time ago.
Washskic was sworn friend TO the
white people, tried always TO msinA ain
peace, 10 quoted in history ~ never
permitting, a white mans blood 20 be
shed IL he could prevent it, and he Yves
esteemed by all persons with whom
he came In contact, both Americans
and HIS own people,
Washable was born, a. nearly az can
he estimated. although some authori-
ties say that he was much older, in
1876. He fought in many b&ttlec. dis
playing fine qualities as a warrior,
and At all times treating his enemies
and cap,ires with great kindness. He
was subtle and active until few
months before he died, when he be-
came physically weak and feeble, hut
his mind was clear, and his last wish,
which he expressed through an inter
prefer day or 10 before he died, was
that he be buried as Christian in the
Fort Washable cemetery and have a
military funeral. This wish was glad
ly fulfilled, for he was loved by all
the officers Of the post, and he was
buried with the Donors OF . regular
army otIicer. His remarkable orator
ical ability has boon commented upon
by all the government o4iecrs who
have visited the wfAd Vi~vx Yeserva.
ton.
Washskie wAs a great promoter OF
Christianity and sducstion, sxsd the
present intelleetusNty OF the sho-
shones AZ a band IL largely due 90 his
strenuous efforts. II is said that Chief
Washakie had the unique distinction
of being tbe only Indian who ever pro-
pelled bicycle at the age of 100 years.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23
M. & P. & S. R. v. R. R.

phonin short Line.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23
Good Bargains.

Parties wishing TO rent or sell
land, should list it with us. We
have inquiries nearly every day
from strangers comiug in for land.
The larger list and greater variety
of properties we have to offer the
more sales can be made.
BUss & BIRDNo,
| Stafford, A. T.
20 or 40 acres, one mile west OF
Stafford, The cheapest land near
Stafford. One share of water iD
the Montezuma with each 20 acres.
Come quick and secure bargain.
Buss & Birdno.
For bargains in Stafford lots call
on Buss & Birdno.
A well improved block IN the
business center of Stafford for sale.
A good investment. Inquire Of
Buss & Birdno.
Town lots we'll located from $50
up on easy payments. Buss 4
Birdno.
Small improved place, north side
Thatcher, 8 acres land, small or.
chard, 2 room house, we'll, l share
Union water by
IA acres of land, room brick
house and brick cellar, well, grain.
cry, 35 acres in grain and alfalfa.
Plenty of water IN good bitches.
3 miles from Pima, IA mile from
school.
25 acres, IA mile west of SAT-
ford, l3 IL acres alfalfa, all but 4
acres seeded, small lumber house,
60 fruit trees. BUss & BIRDNo.
Lot fifty by one hundred and
fifty and fine residence in the heart
of Stafford by
$40 Acre farm tor sale, 400 acres
river bottom. All under fence.
nearly all bottom land cleared.
Water in three canals. The finest
stock ranch in the Gila Valley.
l6 lots with good water right
in Montezuma canal, good we'll
and pump, young orchard, seven
room cottage, finished in the latest
style, with insurance on the same
paid up for two years. Good out
houses. This property is located
in Safford and is for sale cheap
and on easy tearms.
About 40 acres of land for sale
near San Jose. All under cultiva.
ton, fenced, adobe house.
A first class saw.miII with a
capacity of ten thousand feet per
day can be purchased of Buss &
Birdno. A bargain for a active
man.
AZ acres above San Jose, all
fenced and under cultivation.
Adobe dwelling, 8 shares San Jose
water. A choice buy.
New five room house, 2 3-4 acres
land with good fence, l.2 acre in
alfalfa, young orchard, good stable
and other improvements, for sale
IN Stafford.
A good four room house, ga
acres land we'll fenced, good well
and young orchard for sale in
Stafford.
Buss & Birdno.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23

wANTRD-ACTIvE MAN or GOOD CHAR,
scteS TO deliver aud collect In ArisonA Terri.
tory for old established manufacturing whole
sale house $500 year, sure pay. Honesty
more than experience required. Oar referen.
ces, any bank In any CITY. Enclese selfAd.
dressed stamped envslop. Manufacturer.
Third Floor. $50 Dearborn ST., Chicago.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23

oS CIsstiaI Coed CIstAss.
Pelly-They say the Chinese smyssss
Aowaxsr has 1900 froeks.
Dolly-Gracious! suppose the esaf.
ish cid thing has more than o millisa
wsists.--Indisnspolls Journal.
Graham guardian., 1900-11-23
High Standards.

The bard would never have ut.
tered: "Music hath charms" stc.
had he heard the raspiag Sounds
smsnating from the "Thump
boxes" aud "Hysteria-generat,ng"
rsckets, that are being palmed on
on the uninitissed 40 first clase
pianos. They are gotten up with
pretty engraved exterior cases 90
catch the unwary, but they win
not stand this climate over three
summers. You will make no mis-.
take in selecting the famous "Behr
Bros" "Kranich 4 Bach" "Chick.
ering" or "Mason 4 Hamiin"
pianos, all high standards and sold
at $3.50 and up, by
A. REDEWILL 4 SONS,
PHOENIX MUSIC STORE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
Linen Department.

E
READ THIS This is can't afford to
look resnih table linens napkins Remember this week
will give clean price per Is off the regular
Goods advancing all along the line and will not be
able buy cheap months This
table also,
lunch cloths Goods all marked plain figures and discount
will be taken off the bottom bill! 20
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of using
anything else for indigestion or Bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of appendicitis.
nervous prostration or heart failure,
etc. They used August Flow
er to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of undigested food. reg
ulate the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a
few doses of Green's August Flower,
in liquid form, to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. Sample bottles free at I. Fl.
'HhnmaSs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
Taxes Due.

Taxes for the year 1899 are due
Parties having personal tax and no
real estate will be expected to make
Immediate payment. The penalties
pre- cribed by the statute will be en-
forced for nonpayment of personal
taxes after notification by postal card
or otherwise. Office with Hull x Co
real estate and insurance agents,
Room p, Mitchell II Lynde building.
CHARLES BOWERS,
Township Collector
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in l to 3
days. Its action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. as cents.
Sold by Otto Grotian, 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island; Gustave Schle-
gel & Son, 220 West Second street.
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
Licensed to Wed

William II Wilson .......... zee. Rock Island
Miss Jessie 4. Turner. Clinton. Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
CUTS ADMISSION PRICE.
Ten Cents to Get Into the Industrial
Home Association Fair.

Home Association Fair.
At a meeting of the Industrial
Home association last night it was
deciden to cut the admission to the
forthcoming fair from Is to 10 cents.
This. the association believes, will be
popular move, and will encourage
attendance.
Ben F. Imhof has been engaged to
arrange entertainment for the fair.
which is to open Feb. % at Armory
hall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
To Stop n Cold.

cold coming on, take n dose of Foley's
Honey and Far. 1t never fails to stop
u cold if taken in time. Take moth
ing else All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
,IeWcIrY Department.

bargains in our JeweIry Depart ment.
New goods arriving. Note these
prices:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03

1 have always used Foley's Honey
and Tar cough medicine, and think it
the best in the world" says Charles
Bender, n newsdealer of Erie, Pa. All
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03
Advertised List of Letters No. 8.

List ofletterS unca'led for at the postorice
at Rock Island, Feb. 3, 1900:
Bahia. Mary. Mackenzie, Lila,
Baker, Clarence. Mnwry. Audrey. Mrs
Colon, Hattie NJ, McNellis. Mrs.
Hummet, 80. Steiner. j ID.
Hamme'. Ed ward. Jr. Settle, Charles H.
-HaSenbu"h. c. II. C2) StOddard. A. ID.
kremer, VIII, Woelfel Geo,
lintOr. Charles, Wamp, aries J,
Maunet, l. j.
When calling for advertised letters please
give ST number.
THOMAS II. THOMAS Postmaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03

A fine line of cut glass, Dresden
vases. watches, jewelry and novelties.
All kinds of watch, clock and iewelry
repairing and engraving promptly
done. All work guaranteed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03

? service. Wednesday evening meet
IrR at 7:30 Reading rooms open every az
u noon except Sunday, from to J.
Y. NJ c. A. building, corner of Third avenue
and Nineteenth street Services at $3.50 p. N.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-03

Extra heavy ladies black and wool
double mittens. always 25c. for 15c
Ladies' black and wool fancy back
double mittens. 33c. now for zoe
Extra fine quality ladies' black
Saxony mittens, worth 40c, now 25c
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-02
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
Mocabs College Has a Successor to
 Dr. Gordon.

The resignation of Rev. Lamon, Gordon as president of MeCabe college. which was re,ep,ej bv the board of trustees on Feb. 7,h. was followed at the meeting of the board last night by the election Of Prof. t. VIc,or Smith.
 Prof, Smith Is a graduate ot Toronto Normal school and has had four years eN- perisnee as a teacher. He Is js wears of aSs and is fully up-tC'date in his methods of teaching.
 The young peopIe of S<agwlv will be pleased to know that in addition to the ordinary s>hOol work, Prof. Smith will or ganize a class In caleSthenits. He believes thoroughly in physical culture.
 Or. Walters says that if the SubScrio- CTS to the building fund will now help matters along bv promptly paving what they agreed. and those who have not vet assisted in this noble enterprise will do SO, the building can be speedily prepared for the next term, which will open carly in April fl the building cln be made ready
 The building as it now stands IS worth a visit.