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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-09-24
Emancipation Celebration

at Parsons, Kansas, September q and
%. On account OF above occasion the
Katy will sell round trip tickets at
rate of $3.50. Tickets will be sold for
train No. 2, September 20, and on
train No. 4, September 81. Tickets
good to return until train No. !, Sep
tember 23. ]. T. CLAPPER, Agent.
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Notice.

Department Of the interior, com.
mission to the five civilized tribes.
The appointment Of this com.
mission at Oolagah, Indian Ter
ritory. from Monday. October 22d,
to Friday, October 26lh, inclusive,
is hereby cancelled, and the CON-
mission will be at Claremore, from
Monday. October 22d, to Friday,
November 9th. inclusive.
TAMs BIxBY,
Acting Chairman.
Muskogee. Indian Territory, Sept.
18th, 1900.
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Two Candidates.

For the insane asylum saved them
selves from the stomach troubles that
drive folks crazy by taking DR.. Cald-
wells syrup pepsin. 1t is guaranteed
to cure every form Of stomach trou-
BILE. Sold by Peoples drug store. dw
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Alya Butler has been appointed
post uIlice Inspector for an Arkansas
district and will assume his duties
about October tile lst.
l have SO head Of stock cattle, SOC
acres OF stalkield and 40 tons OF hay
for sale, also good farm 10 rent for
cash. W. IL. Whitney, Adair, |. Il. q
Dr. Jackson's Indan eyessalYe d Ger.
tain cure for weak and lnilamed sore
eyes. Price 2S cts. Peoples drug
store. dw
The Rob Taylor cattle brought 81. 80
aud the S. S. Cobb cattle brought 81. .65
In 81. Louis today There are 1900
head on that market today.
Harmon at Vinlta meat store will
give "A child good weight, and as nice a
cut as grown person. II you want a
good roast or steak get II there.
Wanted-A good hotel cook at once.
Good, competent woman preferred.
Good wages. Call or address Porter
House, Sapulpa, l. 4. W. z, GORE.
Miss Matthias OF So, Louis, the new
mllllner at Badgetts, arrived today on
the Frisco. Her millinery opening
will be next Wednesday night.
Bruce Cameron, the :lnner at w.
W. Miller's, can always be found. II
you need anything in this line see
him.
For driving out dull, bilious feeling,
strengthening the appetite and in-
creaslng the capacity OF. the body for |
work. Prlckly Ash bitters is golden |
remedy. BY Chapman & Briggs. DIV
Bud Ledbetter and Paden Tolbert
returned this morning with Lge
Lloyd and Tom Todd, charged with
breaking into and robbing the post
office at this place month or SO ago.
A desirable business lot on Wilson
street in half block Of the Ratcliff
corner is for sale. The size is 5Oxl5O
feet and west front. For further
particularsennuire here.
Tabler's buckeye pile ointment is
not a panacea, but is recommended
for blind, bleeding or protruding piles,
and it will cure the most obstinate
cases; price, SOC in BOTTLES; tubes 75c.
Peoples. drug store. DIV
Old man Brown, who has been bed
ridden for several months at the home
II Jess Thomas in the western part OF
own, died last night and was given
burial at the expense Of the city to-
lay.
Take life as it comes, and make the
uost OF all circumstances, but for a
)ad cough or cold take Ballard's hore
lound syrup, the best known remedy
or quick relief and sure cure; price 25
nd SOC. Peoples drug store. DIV
All young people interested in COM !
1ercial, shorthand, or English
ranches, will find the Southwestern d
BUSINESS University, Of Oklahoma d
'ity, well adapted to their needs
iodern methods and experienced !,
eachers are employed IN each depart
lent. Parents will do we'll to inves- p
gate the merits Of this school before Z
ending their children elsewhere. o
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Probabilities.
FaIr tonIght and tommorrow.

zoe lace l4c at Badgetts.
Machine oil at W; W. Mlller's. AL
kinds.
Judge Gill and family returned las
night.
Fresh vegetables and fruIts-Vlniti
meat store.
Latest styles In Stetson's soft anc
and stiff hats at Badgetts.
Sam Frazier returned from ST. .Loui.
yesterday.
Have you seen that picture molding
at the Mlngfurniture store?
See those new side. e.boards at Mlngs.
They are just what you need.
W. r. Badgett came home from St.
Louis Sunday
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.
Phaet0n for sale, or will trade for
a horse; enquire here.
Mayor Sheehan is able TO be about
today after weeks illness.
All kinds OF vegetables and fruits,
and the incest meats In town at Vini-
ia meat store.
Red Cross ball blue is the best in
the world. Large 2 OF. package five
cents. DIV
Dr. Winner has bought the Fritz
Ellis Wagner steers, 500 in number.
Collins ague cure works the liver,
guaranteed. Price so cents. Peoples
drug store. DIV
Fresh bulk oysters at the Silver
Moon restaurant. 1w
Mr.. and Mrs. Blue Ellis of Coifey-
vile, are visiting relatives in the city.
Say; do you know that the best
meats, fruits and Vegetables are sold
AT the Vinita meat store?
DR.. +. B. Fite passed through today
enrUute from Miami home to Musk0-
gee.
Ladies vests all silk reduced from
soc 10 25c at Madden FARRELL & Gee.
Mr.. CIawson was here today enroute
to Chelsea to take charge OF the Re
porter
Sufferers with malaria will find Col
Inns ague cure an unfailing remedy.
Peoples drug store. DIV
Major Breckenridge of the Dawes
commission was slightly indisposed
Sunday.
Buy your meats at the Vinita meat
store. Fresh meat skillfully handled
and deliveries promptly made.
The continued rains have begun to
damage the corn in the field as a large
portion is down.
Ladles-haYe you seen those drop
stitch hose were S5c now reduced tu
zoe ut Madden, FARRELL & Gee?
John Il. Gunter returned from Tah-
ieQuah yesterday where he had been
on business trip.
Miss Grace Patterson has just re-
ceived a new line OF school supplies.
Call aud see her before buying.
W. S. Crockett and wife and Miss
Halle Thompson returned from At
kins, Arkansas yesterday.
"Black Cat" hose for ladies' and
children. Every pair guaranteed 70
give satisfaction. Try pair. Bad.
getts.
Mrs. Jessie Ridge Nevins, from Cali
iornia, is in the city, guest OF her
cousin, Mrs. ]. c. Anderson.
Look out for malaria. II is season.
able now. A few doses OF Prickly Ash
bltters T. sure preventive. Chap
man & Briggs. DIV
Tickets for the big banquet TO be
given 20 the Indian Territory Press
Association are being sold.
II you wish TO have beautiful,
ciear. white clothes ask for Red
Cross bah blue. Refuse immlta-
lions. DIV
Capt Cobb and r. r. Taylor each
slipped couple Of cars Of steers yes
|nrIar rol.rniru far fa1artr -aarEnf
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Asthma.

Sure cure, Crosby's Swedish asthma
remedy. Trial package mailed free.
Collins Bros. Medicine Co., St. Louis.
For sale by Peoples drug store. DIV
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Ladies lille thread vests reduced from
S5c to 25c at Madden, FARRELL & Gee
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-09-24

markably like this little plant. II the
very roots Of woman's life are injured
or diseased, her whole being suffers, both
physical and mental. She shrinks with
in herself and covers up her suferings
enduring all in silence as best she may.
My son's wife had been for years 9 great
sufferer: al broken down and very weak aud
nefvous," says Mrs. Beiscy NJ. White, o. Stony
creek. Warren Co.. N. Y. She was troubled
with all the pains and aches one 50 slender could
endure. che took everything she heard Of hop
ing 10 get help, but In vain. The doctors said
che could net live 10 have another child as she
came near dying % many times She tried Dr.
fierce's Favorite Prescription and Il did wouders
FOR her.
This spring she bad nice boy weighing
eleven pounds: she got through before we could
get anyone there ! was afraid she would not
live. We cried for Joy when We saw how nicely
she gol along cannot say enough In praise OF
your Favorife prescnption.' I never sent z
Recommendation of a medicine before. hope
al women win try H. May God bless you for
the good you have done"
Any woman may write 70 r. v. Pierce.
NJ d.. Of Buffalo, n. Y. IN absolute conf
dence. Her communication viii be thor
oughly and earnestly considered and she
wiIl receive sound. professional. fatherlT
advice in g plain sealed envelopel free Of
chsrGe
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SENSITIVE
WOMAM.

WOnAAN
There is a
wonderful little
tropical plant.
,the mimosa or
lsensitive plant
as it Is called.
The curious
thing about it
Is that If you
pinch any part
Of the root or
the stem, all
the delicate lit
fIa hraunhAa
and fragile
leaves Will curl
up and shrink
together as II
they had been
blighted with q
sudden frost.
Wonan's
delicate and
sensitive or
ganisnl Is re-
-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27

1.-The girl was my mother, you know.
said Mr.. Travers, seeming a mistake.
1T was 4 "reminiscences of hers. She
was wondering how l should some day
be going back?' asked Miss Middleton.
L should like to know your opinion
of a boat as popping place.? he per
sisted
Miss Middleton supposed that a square,
solid sort of boat, in the style of Noah's
ark-guaranteed not to upSet-mlght not
be unsuitable.
But you would not approve of a ca
noe?" he asked.
1T would rock so terribly" she said.
''Why should it rock?'
Suppose she said, 1.-The man wanted
to go down on his knees-just to empha-
size his wishes--that would set it roll
ing to begin with"
Mr.. TrayerS was willing to entertain
.Then suppose the girl said Mop
Mr.. Travers preferred not to suppose
anything unpleasant.
''Stin, if she did, said Miss Middle
ton. 1.-The man would start up in a very
bad temper and begin stamping about"
Mr.. Travers was positive that no man
would be guilty of such conduct. Miss
Middleton failed TO see how Mr.. Travers
could answer for men in general. Mr..
Travers admitted that he was thinking
of particular case. which caused Miss
Middleton to go on hastily:
''Then, again, if the girl didn't say
No she would probably expect
"What?' asked Mr.. Travers
Miss Middleton had unfortunately for
gotten the sequence of her sentence.
but / must know, Daisy" he said
earnestly. He ceased to paddle, and the
canoe began to roll. ''Would she ex-
pect-''
Continuous was the rolling of the ca
noe.
1--WE shall be over, I'm sure" said Miss
Middleton-''ple ase-yes-ye s-yes--"
''At any rate, the man expects said
Mr.. Travers, and the rolling continued.
When some time later the canoe re-
turned to the meadow from which it had
started, the yOyagers were gricved to
perceive the tea was already almost fin
ished. The others observed that punctu-
atty was particularly important at a pic
mic. Mr.. Congreye especially insisted on
| this.
you shouldn't have been making
| daisy-chains, Congreve," said Mr. Trav-
ers, irrelevantly.
what does he mean?' Mr.. Cougreve
appealed to Miss Middleton for solu-
| ton.
MIR. Travers has also been making
! daisy-chains," she said.-The King.
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hearts that look upon them. What Won
der that despairing mother. unable to
endure the sight, and tempted by her
for Il few handfuls of grain; and when
the famine is over beats her breast in an
guish for her little one, gone she knows
not where?
The vast camps are being filled. The
anxiety and concern of government and
officials are greatly on the strain. All
departments Of the administration, native
and otherwise, are called upon to eXer-
else the wiSest caution and the utmost
vigilance to see that none worthy are
neglected and that those not actually re-
duced to suffering take not the place Of
the needy. And it should be borne in
mind that the prospect must grow gloom
Ter for months to come, up to at least the
beginning CT the rains in the month of
June next. The gravity Of the situation
needs to be recognized. The viceroy per-
sonally and the government of India are
giving their undivided attention to this
which threatens to be a famine of the
worst kind. 1t is no wonder, then. that
urgent appeals are made by missionaries
to the Christian people of this land. =
would be a wonder if they did not
Contributions for the relief fund should
be sent to Treasurer +. II. Wiggin. care
of American Board of Foreign Missions.
II Beacon street, Boston. who cable at
short intervals the amount available
thereby affording immediate relief to the
sufferers in India.-Rev Justin e. Alb
bolt in I4eSlie'S Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27
AT NOON.

What god will choose me from this laborins
nation
To worship him afar, with inward glad
ness,
At sunset and at sunrise, IN some Persian
Garden of roses.
Or under the full moon, in rapturous ST
ence,
Charmed by the trickling fountain, and
the moaning
or the death-hallowed cypress and the
myrtle,
Hallowed by Venus?
Q for a chamber in an Eastern tower,
Spacious and empty, rooted in odorous
a Silken soft divan, Il woven carpet
Rich, many-cOlOred;
\ jug that, poised on her firm head, a
negreSs
Fetched from the well, a window to the
ocean,
Lest of the stormy world too deep seclusion
Make me fOrgetful!
Thence 1 might watch the vessel-bearing
waters
Beat the slow pulses of the life eternal,
That bring of natures universal travail
Infinite echoes
And there at even I might stand and listen
TO thrum of distant lutes and dying voices
Chanting the ditty an Arabian captive
Sang to Darius.
SO would dream while, and ease little.
spirit.
Tasting new pleasures in a far-of country,
Sacred to beauty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27
Chicago Happenings.

William O. Amos, a resident of Nor
gan Park, died at his home from injuries
he received March q by jumping from
train.
Edward O'Neill. an elevator boy en-
ployed in the establishment of Donchue
& HenneDerry, fell from the second floor
to the basement and was found uncon-
scious.
The damage caused by a fire in the
five-story brick structure on Lake street.
occupied by Slade 81 Hicks, dealers in adj
vertising novelties, is estimated at $20,-
900, covered by insurance
Ex-senator John F. O'Malley shot
Lyons & O'Malley at North Clark and
Kinzie streets. Lyman was wounded
twice in the groin and his condition is
said to be critical.
While engaged in harnessing his
horse in the rear Of his residence, Henry
Welge, Il years old, was kicked in the
head by the animal, sustaining a fracture
Of the skull. He was taken to st. Eliz-
abeth's hospital. Welge failed to survive
the operation that was found to be nee
esSary.
Twenty of the largest black river
bass ever seen in Chicago were received
at a Clark street store and attracted
of which weighed eight pounds, were
sent from Virginia. The largest bass
weighed fourteen pounds and it's nearest
competitor came within six ounces Of it,
The twenty averaged ten pounds.
Frederick j. Hilbert, who was wound
rob the Palatine bank on September 90
1899. died from injuries inflicted by
Lewis. Filbert was cashier Of the bank,
and while showing the physician the To-
cation Of some property on a map that
hung on the wall was attacked by the
Would-be bank rObber.
Mrs. H. D. Gable, widow of Herman
d. Gable, who was president Of the Ca
BILE Piano company, has given $50, 900 to
the Evanston hospital for the erection of
a building, to be called the Herman D.
Gable Memorial She also has given
$20, 900 as an endowment fund for the
support of the children's ward in the new
Hutchins Gable Ward" as a memorial
to her dead daughter. No conditions are
attached to the gifts, except il regard to
the names.
William Shuppa was killed by Chi
cago d Alton engine. He was 70 years
old and was picking up coal along the
tracks.
James F. Fyfe, engineer for Armour
& Co. at stockyards confessed to max
ing bogus nickels Whole district flood
ed with cOunterfeits.
Rev. Matthias Kenk, chaplain of the
Alexian Brothers hospital, at Belden and
Racine avenues, died Of pneumonia, af-
ter a very brief illness.
Jeanette Patterson, 16 years old.
was instantly killed by Belt railroad
engine and her sister Maggie, two years
older, was fatally injured.
The body found in the sand at Hol-
land, Mich. is now said by the police of
that place to be that of M. r. Smyger,
former Chicago cabman, who was
known in Holland as Harry Phillips.
Because Charles Miller made a great
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27
India'S Awful Famine.

India has been called a land of dreams
1t is now a land Of horrors, as her peo-
pie fight with plague and famine. 1t is
no nightmare, but terrible reality.
Thousands of once-StrOng men are now
skin and bones, with q terrible gnaWing
of hunger within. 1t is a pitiable sight
to see tall, manly men so terribly re-
duced as to be hardly able to walk, yet
somehow making their way somewhere
to find food. More pitiable are the wom-
en- vino, with a keen sense Of modesty,
are lighting womanfully. with their fast.
rottenlng rags, and their children ema-
GATED fretful, crying, or too weak to
cry, adding to their terrible personal suf-
ferlng from days of insufficient food. The
bodies, finding no nOurishment, turn into
those little skeletons that one can held
IN ones hand.
ing exhausted every possible resource.
sold and paWned the last article of their
possession, having lived somehow for a
time on coarsest Of wild fruits, or roots,
or weeds-anything to satisfy that aw-
full craving that comes from days of
staryatlon-tramp many a long, weary
mile to ind some government, or other
relief. There is the scorching sun by
day-unusually scorching this year-the
pangs of thirst as well as hunger, for
every stream is dry: and when the sun
goes down, out in the open fields. with
through the chilly night.
Where can human woe find anything
equal to this? And this is the story not
Of one here and there, but of thousands,
of tens of thousands, and will be the sad
story of hundreds Of thousands. Four
months of the famine have passed
months remain before the monsoon
bursts" in June, and brings its usual
deluge Of rain.
Other missionaries describe finding
abandoned children in dying condition,
whom they have been able to save, or
failed to save because too far gone. The
familiar famine scenes are witnessed Of
furnishing people following grain carts
and struggling among themselves for the
stray kernels that fall by the way.
Abandoned children are found subsisting
on clods of earth and every possible thing
that has nourshment in it, filing UP with
water to drown the cravings Of hunger,
and producing those painful monstrosities
bodies swollen out of all proportion, but
with sticks Of legs and arms, and a head
that is but a skin-covered skull And
the babies grow weaker and weaker in
their hungry cry, or, silenced by opium
rapidly turn to pitiable little skeletons
that move with emotion the strongest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27

deal Of noise while dressing be was at
tackled by Herman Zee in lodging
house and during the fight was killed
His skull was fractured and he died sOon
after.
James w. Kee, president and mana
ger, of kee d Chapel Dairy company.
died after a brief illness. The deceased
had been prominent figure in the dairy
business in Chicago for more than
quarter of a century.
Mrs. Martha J. Boyd, administrators
Of the estate of Avert Camp, I years
old, who was killedIn 1895 by an electric
car on the Cicero and Proviso Street rail
way, recovered a verdict Of $4,000 ia
Judge Clifford's court.
"A coroner's inquest conducted by
Deputy Coroner Weckler at the county
morgue exonerated BERTHE Finch, the To-
year-Old boy who, while protecting his
mothers life, shot and killed his drink
crazed father, George Finch.
While working on the Northwestern
Elevated structure at Sunnyside avenue
James Dunno, an iron worker, lost his
balance and fell to the ground, a distance
of sixteen feet, and sustained internal in
juries that will probably cause his death.
w. @. Amos Of Morgan Park, Chica-
go, representative CT the Murphy Iron
works at Detroit, fell from a moving
Rock Island train at Belmont station
and sustained number of serious Ia
juries. He will be confined to his home
for several weeks.
The chief of police of Bastrop, Tex,
has telegraphed the Chicago police de-
partment that Wednesday w. e. New
man, a commercial traveller, whose par
ents live in Chicago, was drowned there.
The telegram stated he had lately re-
turned from Cuba.
"A yearning TO be with her parents
~
to allow her that privilege caused Mary
MaSoOn, 10 years old, to end her life.
She swallowed carbolic acid and died Ia
ter at the county hospital after making
the brief statement.
Twenty printers employed by
the Blakely Printing company were ia
jured by the falling of freight elevator
in the rear of the building. James De
laney and Walter Hartwig were injured
the most seriously. Both Of Delaney's
legs were broken and one of HartWig's
was broken.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27
kMAZES ALL EUROPE.
Ambassadors and Experts Rush to
See a Chicagoan's DredEe.


See a ChicaEoan's Dredge.
American genius has again astOniShed
Europe. Men who spend their lives in dc
vising engines for the arts of peace and
for the science of war are rushing from
all over the continent to see a dredge.
For it is the greatest dredge in the world.
1t was built in Belgium for the Russian
government by a Chicago engineer, Lin
don w. Bates.
Under the contract the boat was to
have Il capacity of 1900 cubic yards of
dredging per hour. She recorded a ca
pacity of 1900 yards on trial. SO great
was the interest in the trial that most of
the foreign ambassadors were present at
the Belgian cabinet. commissions from
Australia, India, Germany, France. the
Argentine Republic and hundreds of en-
gineers from all parts of Europe
Trains were run at reduced rates TO ac-
commOdate the people eager to see the
American dredge, the most powerful in
the world. and for six weeks boats were
kept running at Antwerp to carry visitors
to the point of operation.
The immediate effect has been to cause
orders to be placed for similar dredges
for India, Australia and Russia The
facts are reported to the state depart
ment by COnsul-General Holloway at st.
Petersburg
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-03-27
The Fastest Train in the World.

Whether rightly or wrongly. the
French now claim to hold the champion
ship in the matter of fast railroad sery-
ice. Very recently the Compagnie du
Nord has put on a special train between
Paris and Calais which makes the trip
at the certainly -remarka BILE speed of one
hundred and twenty five kilometers per
hour-a most unheard-of record for
France, and indeed for all Europe, unless
Great Britain be excepted. Although
not an authority on the subject, [ in
cline to the opinion that some of our
New York and Western expresses do as
we'll if not better. The new service was.
of course, organized in view of the com
ing exposition and for the purpose of at
tracing English custom, but if the first
days trip is to be taken as an indication
of the future, the companys expecta-
lions will be far from realized, for Eng
lish travellers there were few or none at
al.-Paris Correspondence IN Golfers
Weekly