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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
BUYING A CHURCH ORGAN.
TO the Establishment of
Builder.

The new church was slightly edi-
fec, completely equipped in every par
ticular with one exception; il hal q
cabinet organ standing in the space
designed for n church organ; but it
was thought that they could wait a
little for that. The church prospcred
and pretty soon the time came when
it seemed reasonable TO complete it's
outfit by putting in a suitable church
organ; and a committee was ap-
pointed TO this end from the board of
trustees.
Looking about aad getting esti-
mates and 20 on, the committee came
upon an organ which appeared to be
suitable ans desirable in every way,
and could be bought for some hun
dreds of dollars less than its original
cost of construction This organ,
which was then in the shop of its
builder, had been taken out of the
church for which il was made TO
make way for a larger organ. The
committee reported favorably upon
this instrument, and a day was set
when the entire board should assem-
bic at the organ builders TO hear II
played.
That part of the organ builders es-
tablishment in which the organs were
put together was a great room, one
z'aif OF which ran up through two
stories clear in height, giving an am
pie and lofty space in which the big
gest organs could be set up complete.
There were organs of various sizes
standing here and there in this great
room, and among them, in course OF
erection, the new organ building for
the church from which the smaller
organ was taken.
This big new organha pretty near
" all of its pipes on end, in place;
and there was a man at work on them
tuning them; he stood lDon a mar
row platform supported at height of
six to eight fact above the le-el of the
floor. across the front OF thu organ
and close TO the pipes. In sonH man
ner he was enabled to let the al, into
these pipes separately, one aftcf an
other, as he moved slowly along upon
the platform testing them blowing
upon each pipe repeated blasts as
with suitable implements he brought
II 70 its correct tone. Lying side by
side across a number of wooden
horses in another part of the room
were the decorated front Plies for
the new organ, complete, as &c finish,
and ready TO be set In place, ant rang
ing in size from the tall and bully big
pipes down to pipes comparatively
slender. These would be set u in
due time and tuned, and then the
complete organ would be taken Own
and shipped and once more set up
In the church for which il was les
tined.
Almost in front Of the new organ
upon which the tuner was at wGk
stood the organ which the board hd
come 10 look at. In its appearanceit
was certainly surprising TO thee
members OF the board who had nevr
before seen a church organ, except n
its completed form in a church. i
appeared TO be practically dismantlei.
II had no case about 1t and the orni-
mental front pipes were not in place
1t was just a big, square bunch OF
pipes standing up there compactly
together, with pump handle project
ing from one side, a little way above
the floor and with a keyboard and a
rack Of pedals at the front 1t made
- Nast hp,ss' h. tyusissg spile, Is
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
WILL BE IN NEW QUARTERS.
Dawes Commission, Agent and In
spector to Move Soon.

spector TO Move Soon.
By the first of May the Dawes
commission, the Indian agent and
Indian inspectors offices will be
in new quarters. The Dawes COM
mission will accupy the second
story of the new Fite building, and
Colonel Schoenielt and Inspector
Wrigbrs Offices and forces will
occupy the second story of the new
postoffice in Masonic building.
The land Office department OF
the Dawes commission will be Oh
he first floor rear of Fite building.
IN the room fronting on Okmulgee
avenue. Fire proof vaults have
been constructed in both buildings
reaching up through the second
story. There is also a vault for
the land cfice. All records OF the
transactions Of the commission
Indian sgent and the inspector
sill then be-ih safe quarters Whers
there is no dsnger of ther being
destroyed by FIRE. - Muskogee
Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
PERSONAL AND IMPERSoNAL.

There are only II bald-headed men
in the house Of commons.
'If you detect any faults in a pretty
woman, shut your eyes," was the
maxim of an old Irish peer.
The duke Of Orleans, the present head
OF the French royal house, who is an
exile from France, makes his home in
England, at York House, Twickenham,
A German manufacturer by the name
Of Mauser is the inventor OF the famous
mauser rife, which Is probably more
universally employed than any other
type.
One Of the duties Of parliamentary
private secretary is to fill up time when
his chief is not quite ready to reply or
when the hours is unsuitable for a min
lister TO rise.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee recently told this
story about his name. 1t was after he
had gone TO Cuba, and the manipulators
Of the telephone were not very familiar
with his name and regulations what
name is that?' asked one operator.
"Lee-Fitzhugh Lee" was the response.
spell it, please" "F-i-t-z-h-u-g-h
lee" Thank you. Plague take
these Chinameni"
A member OF one Of the great Lon
don political clubs once lost his UNI
brella, and put up notice In the hall
requesting "the noblemsn" who had
taken il TO return it when he had done
with II. The committee, in due course,
desired 10 be informed why he had as
cribed its possession to u peer. The
member blandly referred them 20 the
rule, which said that the club was COM
posed OF "noblemen and gentlemen"
and added that no gentleman would
have taken his umbrella.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
NO AGREEMENT YET.
Town Lot Appraisemen the
Main Difference.

The latest advices from the del
cation at Washington is that no
agreement has yet been reached,
and that the prospect is not bright
for ever making one. The chief
difference between our delegation
and the Dawes commission is the
appraisement of town lots. In
deed that seems TO have been the
bone of contention throughout the
long drawn negotiations now going
on. At one time there was but
one proposition upon which they
could not agree, and that was the
appraisement Of town lots that
had been sold by the Cherokee
nation TO her citizens under tribal
laws. The Dawes commission has
steadily refused to recognize any
rights whatever in the purchases
of town lots from the nation, con-
ceding only the right to take them
at their full appraisement, and
lhen only such lots as the citizens
may have improved. This point
Of difference has been the most
difficult and the one upon which
The agreement will fail if it does
fail. As final resort our dele
cation asked that the townsite
proposition be submitted TO con-
gress for settlement, but the sec
rotary of the interior and the
Dawes commission fatty refused
TO submit it. The secretary of the
interior will not consent TO allow
the matter of town lot titles to 60
into the courts for adjudication,
and so the whole thing is dead
locked. The delegation is of the
opiDi on that the Cherokees will
nave TO go TO congress direct. The
proposition was made by the
Cherokees 10 take the nation s
claims to the court OF claims and
the lot holders claims TO the In
dian Territory courts, and it does
seem that congress shall certainly
allow that privilege. Eighty acres
is the maximum of Cherokee al
lotment and no more need be ex-
pected. This is to be supple
mented if below the average With
the surplus lands till equalized
with the average so acres in value
The delegation has reached the
practical conclusion that the only
things material TO the Cherokee
people now are the lands and
money belonging TO the tribe and
their efforts will be in the direc-
ZION of securing them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
PROFITABLE LEARNING.
English schools In India Are Aeend-
ed by Many StudiOnH
Natives.

The English universities in India play
an important part in the civilization OF
the empire, and are crowded by natives
Many Of them 10 doubt are true stu
dents. who learn for the sake OF learn
ing; but there are others who learn
their textbooks by heart to obtain the
coveted honor Of an VI. :. or r. a. One
reason for their enthusiasm might form
the motive for comic opera. It's that
the young man with degree can secure
I'm marriage q girl with heavy dowry.
The knowledge of Shakespeare, Bacon
agd Huxley is used. therefore, in such
eases 10 buy a rich mans daughter.
The lip-learning of the natives in
studies quite foreign TO their genius Is
extraordinary. \ few years ago, in Cal
cutta. candidate for an NJ. 4. took up
Latin. His transla;ions were literally
fiawless.
Bt ard by The examiner noticed that
in every cnse he began his rendering
q few lines before the passage which
v,ts given 10 him o. thg beneF. and En-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

he'looked at it, all shorn of its paint
and gliding. but there was some
thing very businesslike in its looks,
too.
The organ builder called a man to
pump the bellows and another to play
the organ. The organist was in his
shirt sleeves. lie was n young man,
and tall and spare. He sat down at
the organ without a word. and rest
ed his feet on the pedals. the visit
ors. who had come TO listen, standing
above. The organ builder raised his
hand at the man up on the platform,
tuning the other organ. and the sound
of those pipes ceased; and the tuner
turned TO look at the organ with the
little group of men around it, as did
likewise some other men who had
been a. work here and there about
the big room. The man at the bel
lows piled the pump handle gently.
The room was silent, The shirt
sleeved organist touched the keys,
and straightway the listeners forgot
that the organ had no case on il.
He was a skillful, and at the same
time. a sympathetic and effective
PLAYER: in the three or four or half
a dozen things that he played he GER
tainly cd show the organ for all
there was in it; but there was no
mistaking the organ itself; il was
sweet-toncd, and powerful, and salts
factory in every way.
When the listeners had heard all
they wanted the organist went away;
the organ builder had at that mo-
ment some business in his Office, over
In the other corner of the great room;
the tuner. up there on the platform,
had already begun again 10 sound the
pipes; and so the trustees were left
alone. They were men of action, and
il didn't take them long tC decide;
they bought the organ. The builder
made for it case that was archi-
tecturally in keeping with the ID
terror of the church, and in due time
the organ was set up there; and now
The church was cOmpete-N. Y. sun.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
SLAUGHTER OF WILD ANIMALS
OF Many Varieties There Are Now
Only n Few Rare SDeci-
mens Left.

DO you not find Il more difficult to
get your supplies of wild animals as civ
ilization extends?" Mr. Carl Hagenbeck
was asked.
Il 90" he replied, for wild animals
are decreasing very rapidly. Variety
after variety that 20 years ago was
quite common is now utterly gone, or
only a few specimens are left. The
true mountain zebra, that not long
since could be found in large numbers,
has now vanished. Three South AZ
rican varieties Of the zebra have disap-
peared within the last quarter century.
From the wild animal hunters point Of
view South Africa is now quite spoiled.
Men have been so busy slaughtering
merely for the sake Of slaughter that
the great beasts are becoming extinct.
Babies and breeding females ere shot
down as indiscriminately as bulls. Eng
hshmens are perhaps the worst offend
ers in this matter, and in the English
territories the least provision is made
for protecting the animals. No one OBJ
jects 10 hunters shooting down all the
bull elephants they can, but what sport
can there be in slaughtering the cows
and babies? This might be 20 some de-
gree stopped by regulation forbidding
trading in small ivory tutks under Is
or u pounds in weight.
"As speGment Of hsv ssiHIals are
disappearing, take the Sudan. Before
Mahdism swept over 1t it was one Of our
best countries. Hippopotami, ele-
plants, the rhinoce-os we're all OBJ
tained there IN abundance. We trained
tribes for the chase. Since the land has
been reopened trader, formerly my
agent, has gone there hoping 10 renew
business. He writes 10 me that the old
hunting tribes are gone, and that the
great game have practically all disap-
peared London News.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
A PrImitIve Bnrometer.

a curious barometer is said TO be used
by the remnant Of the Araucarian race,
which inhabit the southernmost prov
ince OF Chill. It eonsists CT the cast
off shell of a crab. The dead shell Is
white in fair. dry weather. but. indicat-
ing the approach of moist atmosphere
by small red spots, as ne moisture OF
the air increases Il become4 entirely red
and remains so Throughout the rainy
season.-N. Y. Herald.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

ppl6E was Sye. lie hao learned Ihe
"crib" BY heart, and. fixed the places
of beginning and ending by proper
names.
'You say in your paper here" said
an English professor in Bombay TO one
whom he was examining, that Sir Wal
ter Scott is a most beautiful writer.
Now, here are his works; pick out your
favorite." Whereupon the examinee
turned green, for this was the first time
he had ever set eyes so much as on the
cover of the works OF that beautiful
writer, Scott.
II is lip-learniDg that appears in the
English Of the writers for the native
press. So common IS II that 1t is known
as "Baboo English"
sit was some time before could ex-
tricate him" writes a contributor to the
National Magazine, "when, 10. very
much bruised and sprained-ankle man
was he"
But perhaps obituaries offer most
facility for elegance Of composition.
One organ says Of a lawyer: "His child
Ike simplicity fascinated all, and was
proof against The demoralizing inhu-
ences OF his honorable profession
Youths Companion.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

Mr.. Peck believe that every ono 'of
the writers Of these articles maIingf m
Of married life are single men. dol IT
suppose that o0e Of them was ever ma r
ried.
Henry dear; he wouldn't be -
writing jokes about It If he was.-Buf-
falo Commercial.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
No Right to Plume Himself.

Miss Sloughly (entering the draw
ing-room after long delay)-IIcre /
am, George. in full feather.
George should think you might
be. The maid said you'd be down il:
a minute and at that rate you ought
TO be feathers in half an hour.-San
francisco Examiner.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

The maps, charts and plats of
the town of Muskogee were last
Saturday forwarded to Washington
~ the townsite commission OF this
town IS The commission began the
work Of appraisement Monday.
The lots have been divided into
six classes and it will require but
a short time No appraise them after
| a price has been agreed on by the
com mission. Times.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
Those Loving Girls.

NelIie-Charlie says | grow more
beautiful every time he sees me.
Maude-If that's the case. YOU ought
- have him cab twice a Chicago
Evening News.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
what the Name TugeIa Menn..

The name Tugela means fear" and II
has received the name from the rapid
ity with which ii come down in flood. A
thunderstorm among the mountains in
which it rises viii raise the river many
feet in a few minutes and a resident on
its banks declares that he has seen it
rise 20 feet in a single night! The cur
rent Is at all times exceedingly swift
and comparatively light rise is sufi-
cient TO make the drift impossible,
while a heavy rise viii sweep away any
temporary bridge that may have been
erected.-N. Y. Sun.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

Coffeyville is in the ihroes oil q
citv campague. and the chiefinter-
est centers in the cand didacy OF two
young ladies for fhe elefkebiH
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

Some of the political complexions ARE
not even skin deep.-Chicago Daily
News
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

Good Dress Style Calico other houses sell for &C. %
Our priCe- - ----- ---- -- ------- x
Good yard wide brown Domestic other houses = In
sell for sc. Our price e-----.-- O20
Good cashmere finish Jeans Pants other houses 60c
sell for SIoo Our price------. wv
The Kentucky Homespun pants; are worth SIPS 76c
Our priCe- -----. w
Good black Clay Worsted suit for men other 50 I'm
houses charge $500 for. Our price VG'Oo
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
nnc-IInIf Enrmrrr

Nearly 50 per cent. Of the people Of
France and Germany are engaged in
farming pursuits.-N. Y. sun.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

The executive committee of the
Indian rights association has just
made a report severly rejecting
upon agents w. J. Pollock of tee
Usage agency. One OF the princi-
pal charges is profanity. If pro.
;sniiy comes to be an offense that
would disqualify a government
officer the northern district would
be swept almost clean of govern
ment officials. In brutal aud bias
phemus profanity We will put some
of our government appointees
against the world.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
BIG NEW STORE.
biggest Bargain House in Vinita...

ereyoucan angene
o
Compare swithO Others, How Much You
-Save by Trading with U.s. and then You
Get Clean, New
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29
KILLING NEAR MULDROW.
Result of Quarrel Over Partnership
Farm Lease.

Saturday evening about sun
down Barlow Redden shot and
killed Harry Ramer, a white boy
about 81 years Of age near Foreman
postoffice, seven miles southwest
Of Maldrow. The trouble seems
20 have grown out OF the boys
having rented some land together,
and resulted in both boys firing
two shots apiece with the above
fatal fleet. The body of the dead
man laid where he had fallen all
nighi before anyone knew of thu
killing. Redden gave himself up
20 the officers Sunday and was
taken before the commissioner al
Salisaw for examination Monday.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1900-03-29

y ~ p . - - - -
proper location fer farming, and
which have ended in failure, OF
accuunt of these obstacles cited.
Yrt We fad very few persons
controlling entirely almost all OF
he ysluai,le lands Of The reserva'
lion. in some Instances many iboE-
sands oil acres OF bottom land, un
der the control of a single indIvld
ual: and this with the apparent
consent and protection of the In
dian agent, who is appointed tf
protect the helpless Indians, ye'
who apparently is acting as sgen'
for souaw men and and cattle own
ers.
"No effort seems 10 have been
made TO protect the Osages from
the inen.sIons q cattle from with
out. and they have overrun thf
reservation. Suits have been in
s,itu,ed (by outsiders, for profit,
in the district court of Pawne'
county, Oklshoma, which has th'
Jurisdiction of 3 district court o
the United States, aggregatinj
s1S3. 600, representing lS3,OV
head OF stock psst1fed Thereon
during The poliiical sesson in vlo
lstion ni law"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-15
WEAK HEART FOR YEARS.
G p. Huntington Had Been in Danger
for Long Time.

San Francisco, Aug. 15.-The fact that
Z. +. Huntington suffered from a weak
heart was known for some time by his
intimate friends. In coming to Californ-
la last March he contra cted severe cold
in Arizona. 1t affected both his heart
and stomach. For week after reaching
this city he could scarcely talk above a
whisper. He ate very little and had rest
less nights. After recovering from the
cold he still complained of his heart, and
all the time he was here he was under
the treatment of Chief Surgeon Gardner
of the Southern Pacific medical service.
Mrs. Huntington and DIR. Gardner fire.
Quently cautioned him not to take any
violent exercise.
]. G. Stubbs, one of the vice presidents
of the Southern Pacific company, says
that he has known for three years that
Mr.. Huntington's heart was weak.
The estimates Iuntington's fortune
made by his business associates in this
city vary from $50, 0,O0O0 900 to $40, 200, 900.
A concensus of opinion among railroad
men here is that Charles H. Tweed is
likely to be the new president of the
Southern Pacific company.
The officials of the company will not
go east to attend the funeral of their
late president, but have ordered an ex-
pensive floral tribute to be placed on the
casket.
The superior court of this city has re-
fused, as yet. to grant any letters of ad-
ministration on the Huntington property
located here.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-15
M'CALLA SEES TROUBLE.
Chinese Good Fighters-We May Need
Great Navy.

Chicago, August 15.-Captain McCalla Of
the cruiser New York, who was in COM
mand of the American marines in Admiral
Seymours unsuccessful expedition to the
relief OF Pekin, believes that the Chinese
situation is more serious and fraught with
more dangers to the United States and the
allies than anyone imagined before the
capture of the Taku forts. Writing to
Edward Roby of this city, from Yokohama,
whittier he had been invalided by the three
wounds which he received during the ILL
starred Seymour advance on July 26, Cap
tain McCalla says:
Certainly no foreigner in our column
OF 2,0Oo officers and men believed that the
Chinse would do SO we'll and no one except
the agents who have been selling arms and
munitions of war to China since the close
OF the Japanese war had any conception
OF the vast amount of money which the
Pekin government had expended in prep
arat1ons for another war. And while the
Chinese would not, and could not, stand
against us In the open,' they inflicted se-
we're punishment on us while we were driv-
Ing them out of the villages and from be-
hind mud walls
Captain McCalla, in concluding, says SO
1ar as he can judge the International prob
lem now to be solved in China Is most in
teresting and very difficult. He also says
that the United States may be called upon,
on account of its large trade interests in
China, to adopt and declare an interna-
tional policy which can only be enforced
by large navy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-15
At BATTLE OF PEI TsANG.
Japanese MADE Best Showing of All
International Columns.

New York. August ia dispatch to the
Herald from Tien Tsin, August s saw.
Great confusion yesterday attended the
advance of the allied troops with the ere
ception Of the japanese.
The advance began at 3 o'clock In the
morning. Under cover OF three BATTERIES
of artillery, two regiments of Japanese In
fantry crossed the open in the darkness
and the Chinese at once began heavy Are
upon them.
The plan was that the Japanese shon,d
occupy the extreme left, supported by fhe
the Russians across the river The Rritish
and Americans came up late re.naining
In the rear. The japanese firing line snreas
from our extreme left to the river Thew
ca arried three series of Ca.nes.e fr.,aha.y
killing several hundred Chinese troons.
AO1t $50 Japaneeas- ere L rig II or iyoi,n,le,,
With the JaD;Eess Il lee3.inf nd a6.
yzncing heror3 tthe Vi O.. I,i Ts- ~ thn
other troops were UlaL.e to ca .h nm