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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

George Ward, larceny.
Henry Gourd, disp liquor.
Henry Gourd, disp liquor.
George Lowery, Charity Bromer
and Bob Wilson, robbery
john Levert, et al, larceny.
john Ltvett, ct al, larceny.
Charles Cuppy, larceny.
March : 1900.
George Bruce, murder.
Moses Miller, murder
Frank Dickson, larceny.
Frank Com, disp OF mtg prop.
Chas Webber, larceny.
Chas Webber. larceny.
George Srigler and A D Kelley,
larceny.
George Seigler, receiving stolen
property.
March S. 1900
John NJ. Taylor; dlsp liquor.
Bees Byres, assault to kill
Charles Whitaker, being R L d
without having first paid tax.
Mike Gordon, disp liquor.
Joe Gibbs, maintaining gambling
house.
Joe Gibbs, maintaining gambling
house
Joe Gibbs, Dip liquor.
Sarney Melton, adultery.
March 8 1900.
Lewis Flowers, forgery.
John Williams, larceny.
Lewis Banks, assault to rape
Bud Edmundson, assault to rape.
March 10, 1900.
Walter Jefferson, larceny.
Frank F Flowers, false pretenses.
George Mcknight, larceny.
Fred McNeaily, larceny.
Doctor Parmeutor, disp liquor
March y, 1900.
John and Landon Smith, larceny
and receiving stole property.
Alexander Martin, murder
John Smith, larceny.
Frank Keys, Bud Bills and James
Brewer, larceny.
Louis Cohn, introducing and sell
ing liquor.
March Is. 1900.
Tim Sanders, murder.
Charles K-ys, larceny.
John Cupple, larceny.
March IA, 1900.
Henry Drew, larceny.
George Drew, larceny
Jim Davidson, larceny.
John Grove, receiving stolen prop
er,y
March 10, 1900.
George Vaun, perjury.
Hick Petit, perjury.
Tom Foreman, Jack Petit and
Tom Petit, larceny.
March 16, 1900.
Adam Hardrldge, larceny.
Rufus Tadpole, larceny.
Marcus Coins, criminal negligence.
March 10, 1900.
B w Tigner, murder.
Thomas Scott, dispensing liquor.
Tom Miller, dispensing liquor.
Tom Miller, dispensing liquor.
Ton Miller, disp liquor.
Jess Miller, disp liquor.
Jess Miller, dispensing liquor.
Tom Miller, liquor.
John Mounts, liquor.
John Mounts, liquor.
Ben McEver, liquor.
Ben McEver, liquor.
J r Smith, liquor.
Lee Stevens, liquor.
II b Meek liquor.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

The Indian Territory democratic
convention will meet at Ardmore
June 11th.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

The Denver Post has issued a
hook on How to Run a Newspa-
per-" This book would find dull
sale in the InSan Tor-ise-y. fOA
if there is a man init who don't
know how to run a newspaper he
has not showed up yet.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

Wanted:-Bids TO plot grave yard.
For particulars apply to the mayor Of
Adair, /. T..
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
Clothing.

CT IN We put on table suts that
OO'OO we sold for $3.50 and 500
and some $40; see them at $3.50.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
EARLY Church Music.

Barrel organs were formerly quite
frequent in English churches, and one
has recently been unearthed in a
church near Rochester, England. 1t
has six steps and six barrels, and is ca
pable of grinding out 60 tunes in all
Among them are such archaic speci-
mems as Job" "Old 11th." The organ
rss operated by the sexton.-N. l. SUM-
TTFER0AT SFPVICE-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01

he Sage
$; :: :: {: :: :: ]"
said:
Concentration is the secret of strength
in politics, in war, in trade, in short in
all the management of human affairs. -
The prOprietors and management of the
Jumbo Store run only the Jumbo Store
put all their thoughts, strength and
efforts in Jumbo Store, and Will ever
be recognized as the lowest priced house
in the Indian Territory
JUMBO STORE.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-01
pIoyed.
A Fair neairuer.

scht ming for an engagement ring IL
a design in jewelry.-Chicago Daily
News
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
BOERS DER AL TRAIN.
United States Consul Was ON Board
and American Flag Floated from
- Cars-No Prisoners Taken.

Bloemfontein, Aug. GA train on
board Of which was United; States
Consul Stowe, and over which was fly
ing the stars and stripes, has been
deNSiaed and burned at Honigspruit,
Sc ath of Kroonstad, by flying patrol
OF Beers. No prisoners were taken.
Pretoria, Monday, Aug. ct is
stated positively that President Kru-
ger is willing and anxious to surren-
der, provided satisfactory promise
is given as to his ultimate destination.
London, Aug. s.-Lord Roberts re-
ports to the war Office under date
of Pretoria, August 6, as follows:
Harrismith surrendered on August I.
The neighboring country seems to be quiet.
Kitchener is with the force south of the
Vaal river. He was Joined yesterday by
strong detachment of Brabant's horse,
and the Canadian regiment.
THE Beers attacked the garrison at
Glands river on the morning Of August 4.
Information was sent to Carrington who
1lton, who reached Rustenburg yesterday,
reported hearing heavy firing in the direc-
ton of Glands river.
To-day the firing seems more distant,
Which looks as If the Glands river gar
r1son had been relieved and was retiring
towards Zerust."
London, Aug. 9.-Lord Roberts fears
that the Glands river garrison has
ben captured after ten days. resist
ance.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
NOMINEES NOTIFIED.
Bryan and Stevenson Told of Their
Nominations by, Democrats
at Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. e.-Hon.
William J. Bryan and Hon. Adlai E..
Stevenson were on Wednesday in this
city officially and formally notified of
their nominations by the democrats
at their recent Kansas City conven-
tion to the Offices respectively of pres
ident and vice president of the United
States. The ceremony was made the
occasion of popular demonstration,
and with it the democrats may be
fairly said to have begun their ma
tional campaign.
The ceremony was preceded by a
parade through the principal streets
of the city, which was participated in
by number of visiting and local dem
ocratic clubs. These acted as an escort
to the notificat tion party and the cav
alcade was an imposing one. The
meeting began few minutes after
three o'clock and concluded at $40
p. m. In this period of time five
speeches were made, Mayor Taggart
of Indianapolis, adding welcoming
address to the two notification
speeches of Representatives Richard.
son and Thomas and the responses
made by Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Steven
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
THE HOT WAVE.
1t Causes a Number of Deaths and
Many PrOstrations in Vari-
Gus Cities.

Chicago, Aug. s.-The highest point
reached by the mercury Tuesday was
"a degrees. During the day and night
death and suxer:ng came to many, es.
pecially in the congested areas. The
records showed five dead and 81 pros
trated.
New York, Aug. s.-The hottest wave
was still in business Tuesday. The
highest temperature recorded was go
degrees. Three deaths and IL pros.
trations from heat were reported dur.
ing the day. The thermometer regis
tered 81 degrees in the shade.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. s.-Two deaths
and nine prostra tions from heat are
reported for the last "a hours
Kansas City. Mo-, Aug. s.-Two pros.
trations from heat and one death made
Tuesdays record.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
THE EAST.

In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the
week ended on the 5th were: Brook
lyn, .646;. Philadelphia, .548; Pitts
burgh, 1923; Chicago, .49a; Boston,
.4s7; Cincinnati, .452; St. Louis, .450;
New York, 1892.
An explosion wrecked big building
at Scranton, Pa, and Is persons were
injured, three fatally.
In an interview Andrew White, am
bassador to Germany, said Germany
and Russia were likely to unite in war
against China.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 9Th was: Wheat,
47,594.O0O bushels; corn, 1880, 900
bushels; oats. 5.5s5.oOo bushels; rye,
100000 bushels; barley $4,000 bushels.
Buffalo, N. Y, has a population of
52,219, gain in ten years of 96.655.
At Burlington, VT, and vicinity a
cyclone caused two deaths and sew
eral hundred thousand dollars dam
age to property.
The union republicans in Delaware
have nominated George w. Marshall,
of Kent, for governor.
Between Philadelphia and Baltimore
a cigar-shaped train attained speed
of 80 miles an hour and broke all
records.
From New York four ocean liners
started to win a mail contract race
across the Atlantic.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
Wisconsin Republicans Meet.

Milwaukee, Aug. 9.-The following
is part of the ticket nominated by
acclamation at the republican state
convention Wednesday,: Governor,
Robert NJ. La Toilette, Madison;
lieutenant governor, Jesse Stone, Wa
tertown; secretary of state, William
H. Froehich, Jackson; state treas
urer, James o. Davidson, Soldiers
Grove; attorney general, Emmett r.
Hicks, Oshkosh.
The principal state plank in the
platform advocates the abolishment
of caucuses and conventions. A reso-
luton adopted expresses regret at the
announced determination of United
States Senator Spooner to retire.
Gen. George E. Bryant, of Madison,
was elected chairman of the new
state central committee.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
CAHTAL AND LABOR.

The caSital invested in orange
growing il the state of California is
estimated 1t $4,000, 600.
Lompocsin Santa Barbara county,
CAL, grow mustard for the whole ma
ton. In That region 2,o0O acres are
cultivatedlto the seed, the industry
employing about 200 farmers.
In rulinf paper the worker, using
quill and ruler, 70 years ago, took
$500 hour to do the work now done
by machiae in two hours and three
quarters. The oldest workers got one
dollar dy; now the two men en-
ployed eah seven dollars q day be-
tween theh.
One Of he unexpected uses Of the
refrigeratAg machine is found in
mining. mini # great depths or at COM
para lively shallow depths in some
. mines nine worl on valuable veins of metal
or coal hd been abandoned because
Of the he But engineers declare
tlh that with Ihe use Of modern refriger-
ating appdatus to cool the air it will
be possibldto 60 osseveral thousand feet
lower il Csc q rich vein Of precious
metalsor 2 seen coal warrants the addi-
tional exp1h 1hxe.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
KILLED OR CAPTURED.
Strong Band of FilipinOs
Near San Miguel.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The first seri-
Gus check which the American troops
have met in the Philippines during
the past two months is recorded in a
dispatch received Saturday morning
from Gen. Macarthur. 1t is assumed
that the little American command
which suffered so severely was COM
pletely trapped and was obliged to
surrender or be exterminated. The
message is as follows:
Manila, Aug. 4.-Adjutant General,
Washington: First Lieut.. Alstaetter, corps
Of engineers, United States army, with es-
cort Is men attacked August !, road be-
tween San Miguel de Mayumo (Luzon) and
San Isidro duzon) by armed band insur-
gents, reported $50 strong. Entire party
killed, wounded or captured.
"WOunded sent San Isidro with note from
Lacuna Maraimo announcing prisoners
would be we'll treated.
(SigneO MACARTHUR"
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
A PROTEST.
ALLEGED Unfair Practice in Weighing
Groceries = Resolutions Adopted
by Chicago Federation of Labor.

Chicago, Aug. Sat recent meet
ing Of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor, the strongest labor body in this
city and one of the largest in the
country, after some discussion, the
following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously passed:
Whereas, Our attention has been called
to the extensive and growing practice
among grocers of Weighing IN with their
sugar, coffee, tea, ETC., an extra heavy
colored paper bag, thereby depriv1ng the
consumer of the full amount of his pur-
chase, and enabling the grocer to make
a considerable extra profit on the bag at
the consumers expense; and
Whereas, Such practice IS particularly
severe on the workingman and his family
from a financial point of view; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That this organization the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, herewith regis
ters an emphatic protest against the con-
tinuance of this practice, and urges it's
speedy abandonment by grocers, and fur
thermore, that we call upon fellow labor
organizations throughout the country to
take official cognizance of this injurious
custom and to cooperate with this organ
ization in the awakening of sentiment
among the people that will put an end to
this unfair practice
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
Famous Case Settled.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. 8.-After
six trials in the United States circuit
court and delay of 21 years and
four months the Mutual Life In
surance company, of New York, set
tied it's case with Mrs. Sallie E. Hill
mon-Smith in this city Tuesday by
paying her $4,000 in cash, the amount
with interest decreed by a jury to be
due her on a policy held by Hillmon
when he disappeared in 1879. The Mu-
tual Life, of New York, is the second
of the three original insurance COM
panies to settle. The Connecticut Mu-
tual is still holding out, with a judg-
ment of 1854 against it.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
A BRUTAL MURDER.
A Kentucky Widow Is Killed by
Her Nephew, Who Confesses
the Crime.

Brandenburg, KY, Aug. 1.-THE hor-
ribly mutilated dead body of Mrs.
Annie Brunton, widow, 35 years old,
was found on the Cedar Grove road
Monday morning. Blood stains on
the fingers of Mrs. Brunton's nephew.
Jesse Durham, caused his arrest, and
he later confessed the murder, and
was hurried to Louisville by Sheriff
Hagan, as lynching seemed certain.
Durham killed Mrs. Brunton with a
hickory club while they were return
ing from a church wedding. He is
27 years old, and recently left an in
sane asylum. He said of the crime:
Il did not mean to kill her; only to
knock her down. She had been talk
ing about me and got me into trouble
several times"
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Denver reports the heaviest tourist
travel in years.
Report comes from Cuba that the
tobacco crop is the biggest ever grown
on the island.
President Mckinley and the king of
Portugal exchanged congratulatory
messages over the new direct cable.
81. N. Ross, who washed out the first
gold in the Black Hills 25 years ago,
is now the marshal at Custer City,
S. D.
Statistics compiled by the Railway
Age show that 20 companies control
147, 900 miles of railroad in the United
States and Canada.
Over 5000 Roumanian Jews are en-
route to Canada. The majority are
penniless. Their ultimate destina ton
is the United States.
n>issuing his proclamation for La
Dor day Gov. Atkinson, of West Vir-
ginia, supplemented it with score OF
more quotations from the Bible.
The Homestake mine at Lead City,
S. D., has produced $65, 100000 in gold
in % years and paid $9,OOO,OO0 in divi-
dends to it's owners.
Mrs. Samuel Swartwood, wife of a
railroad engineer living in Wilkes
barre, Pa, has just given birth to her
twenty-tifth baby, 20 of whom are liv-
ing ~. a.. ~. 'r-'- p ~.."s -~:s
Extra precautions have been taken
to preserve President Mckinley from
attacks of cranks and criminals. He
was not consulted about the arrange.
ments.
Chauncey NJ. Depew in London de-
MED that American railroads are over
capitalized, and says every business
in the United States is healthier than
ever before. $ Is :2::<E.a
Lewis Wilkins, farmer near st.
Paul, thinks he's the tallest man on
earth. He was six feet when ten wears
old, and is now eight feet eleven and
one-haH inches.
The treasury receipts Of the Phil
ippine islands during May, 1900, ac-
cording to a sta tement made by the
division of customs and insular affairs
!of the war. depar rtment, were $7o6 6,326..
Minneapolis manufactured 1920. 900
barrels OF flour in 1 899 &C, 900 more
than ever before. The sawmills cut
100, 600 600 feet more lumber than S..
any previous year and the bank clear
|ings were $79, ,4s3, 600 greater, the To-
'tal5 being $685., ,705, 900.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

Mrs. Stanford's recent gift of $10,-
OO0, 600, added to it's previous endow-
ment of So, 800 900, makes Leland STAN
ford, Jr., the swealthiest.a educational
institution in the country with one
exception. The exception is Girard
college in Philadelphia, which is worth
$15,00o,o0o. Next on the list comes
Harvard, with productive funds
amounting to $4,000, 900, followed by
Columbia with $e,5o0,0oO, Cornell with
$s,OOO,000, University Of Chicago with
$4,000, 600, and Yale with $4,500y 900.
These figures show only the wealth
from which incomes are derived.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

Snow is said to be eight feet deep in
New South Wales. That Australian
colony is enterprising and progressive,
and in many respects it must be good
place in which to reside. But undoubt-
edly it has its draw backs. In the sum-
mer the heat is almost always frightful,
and in the winter the temperature goes
to just the opposite extreme. It's a pity
that some Inventive genius does not run
pipe line from one side of the world to
the other, 80 as to bring about an equal
ization of temperature that would be
undoubtedly highly pleasing to the in
habitants of each side.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
Work of Train Robbers,

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. GA Jour.
nal special from Salina, Kan, says:
Union Pacific east-bound passenger
train No. 4, which left Denver Satur
day night, was held up by two men
several miles west of Hugo, COL, &C
miles this side of Denver. The passen.
gers in the Pullman sleepers were
robbed of their money and valuables
obtaining about $10O in cash, colo
watches and jewelry. An old man
named Fay, resident of California.
who had been visiting in Denver and
was on his way to St. Louis, refused
to surrender his valuables and fired
shot at one of the robbers, but missed
Thereupon the robbers fired, one shot
entering Fay's mouth and coming out
at the back of his head, killing him al.
most instantly. The robbers stopped
the train, jumped off and escaped.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
TRAINS COLLIDE.
Switch on a Southern Railway Fails
to Work, and Five Men Lose
Their Lives.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Aug. IA disas-
trous collision occurred on the St.
Louis Southwestern Cotton Belt)
railroad at Aurich, 40 miles north of
here, Monday, in which five men were
killed and two seriously injured.
Fast freight No. IS took the siding to
allow south-bound passenger train No.
to pass. The switch failed to work
and the passenger train crashed into
the caboose of the freight train at full
speed, killing or injuring the occu-
pants. The passenger engine and
baggage car were turned over and are
complete wrecks. Four freight cars
were demolished.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

Few people in this country have an
adequate idea of the density of the
population of China. The province OF
Hupeh, with 7o,450 square miles, has
33,365,0O5 Inhabitants, while Indiana
and Ohio, with 1860 square miles,
have only 5,s64,72o population. New
England has surface of $4,000 square
miles and 4,7oo,745 Inhabitants, while
the province of Shaptung, with 65,1os
square mics, has population of &c.
24s,00O. The United States has 20 in
habitalts to the square miles, but the
population OF. the Chinese empire il
3OC to the square mile. ,t,...t
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
Cast Into the River,

Davenport, Ia, Aug. 9.-The re-
mains OF Charles M. Bicknell, of Des
Moines, Ia, recently student in the
Chicago university until he broke
down on account of overapplication
to his studies, were cremated. here
Wednesday and his ashes cast into
the Mississippi river, in accordance
with the wishes of his family.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

A AKansas City packing house employe
has invented device which picks the
feathers off dead chickens as neatly
and rapidly as the famous Kansas cy.
clone does the trick. The machine has
a receptacle in which the deceased
chicken is placed. Into this box are di.
rected several cross-blasts of air from
electrical-driten fans which revolve al
the rate of 5000 turns minute. The
miniature cyclone stri ps the bird of its
feathers, even cleaning off the down, in
the twinkling of an eye.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

Humanity during the last 25 years
has been advised to try all kinds of
cures for all kinds of ailments, but we
have gradually swung around again
to the cure our grandfathers used to
recommend. We are again advised to
laugh. No matter what may be the
matter with us, we can laugh it away,
SO it is said, if we viii.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
Heavy Loss by Fire.

Ashland, Wis, Aug. Ga million
dollars is the loss occasioned by Sat-
urday afternoons fire. The property
destroyed includes about 100000 feet
of lumber on Barker & Stewards
docks and 100000 on the Keystone
docks. The east and west Keystone
tramways were also destroyed, all
of the Barker & Stewards tramways
except one, and the warehouse and
about two-thirds of the Lime, Salt
and Cement company's dock, r.. -.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
AerOnaut Killed.

Holland, Mich, Aug. s.-John Drew,
of Grand Rapids, Mich, an aeronaut
10 years old, was instantly killed at
Macatawa, Mich, Tuesday while trying
to make a parachute drop into Lake
Michigan. Great crowds on both sides
of the bay witnessed the ascent of the
balloon to a height of 500 or 600 feet,
and all agree that when Drew cut the
parachute loose it became twisted or
momentarily entangled, and the sud-
den fall unclasped his hands from the
trapeze bar, to which he had neg
lected to attack his safety belt.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15
LATER NEw9.

War with China is deemed likely un-
less the imperial government changes
front. Minister WI has been notified
by the president that the imperial
troops are expected to cooperate with
the allies in protecting ministers and
failure will be regarded as declara ton
of war. The Chinese are also warned
that they will be held responsible for
indignities to Minister Conger. Gen.
Chaffee reports that the Americans
were not in the firing line and lost no
men in the battle at Peitsang. Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersee, Ger
man, has been appointed commander
of the allied armies in China.
The democrats of the Ninth Hin ois
district nominated H. A. Brooks, of
Dixon, for congress.
DR.. Cyrus Hamlin, founder of Roberts
college in Constantinople, died at Port
land, Me-, aged 80 years. He was one
of the most celebrated of Turkish mis-
sionaries.
Admiral Watson said in London the
United States was making slow but
sure progress in the pacification of the
Philippines.
Robert NJ. La Toilette was nomi-
mated for governor by the Wisconsin
republicans by acclamation. The rest
of the state ticket was chosen in a
similar manner.
Judge V. V. Barnes was officially
notified of his nomination by the pro-
hibition party for governor of Illinois.
The Third battalion at Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, has been ordered rushed to
San Francisco, to embark there for
China.
An explosion in factory at Azuma
Yama, Japan, killed 80 persons.
The federal census. shows Chicago's
population approximately 1,6e7,00O;
estimated increase, 81 per cent.
The percentage of sick among our
soldiers in the Philippines amounts to
s.04, or less than one-twelfth of all the
troops.
Hawaii has closed it's last school for
teaching the native language.
The gross postal receipts at 50 of the
largest post Offices for the month of
July aggregates $3.33s.6S3, a net in.
crease of $253,392 over July, 1899.
Lord Roberts reported that he feared
the Beers had captured the Glands
river garrison.
William J. Bryan and Adlai E. Stew
enson were notified at Indianapolis OF
their nomination by the democratic
party for president and vice president.
In his speech Mr.: Bryan said that i'm.
perialism was the paramount issue OF
the campaign.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

In the trial of a murder case before
Judge Portlock, of Norfolk, Va, At
torney Marshall pointed revolver at
the Judge to show how the murderer
had killed his victim. 'Is that load
edo" yelled the judge. "No!" replied
Marshall, and to prove it pulled the
trigger. A second later a bullet
crashed into the wall within an inch
of the Judges head.
Willmar tribune., 1900-08-15

The word compound" which is
used frequently in the war dispatches
from China, means an inclosure. In
that country and Japan it is custom
ary to build high brick walls around
factories, business houses, banks and
residences for protection, and these
are the compounds mentioned.