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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-03


clad veterans will be Witnessed,
with Forests Cavalry on horse
back, aud this celebrated cavalry
will alone be over a mile IN length.
On Thursday night the great vet
Grams ball will be given in honor
Of the sponsors and maids Of honor.
Besides these functions there will
be elaborate fireworks, musical en-
teriainments, and a number of 9TH
er delightful affairs. The reunion
will undoubtedly be one long to be
remembered. But in addition to
social pleasures, the coming sixth
reunion of the sons promises to be
the largest and most important in
the history of the organization, and
you ought not to miss it, for it will
be instructive as we'll as enjoyable.
The commandant of each camp
is hereby instructed to have this
general order read at the first meet
ing of his camp.
Now is the time to organize new
camps. Get the necessary papers
at once. They are perfectly clear
and easily understood. A postal
card or letter to the commander
in-chief, at Louisville, Ky, will
bring them by return mail, postage
prepaid and free Of charge.
When you see those battle-scarr-
ed heroes close ranks aud march to
the tune Of martial mnsic, you will
behold a sight well worth the while
of any man to come thousands of
miles to see. Beneath those gray
coats will throb the hearts of pa
triot soldiers, whose names and
deeds are known among all the
nations of the world. Their locks
are whittier and their steps feebler,
perhaps, than when they marched
to battle over a third of century
ago; but their souls are just as brave
and their hearts are just as young,
and generous, and tender, and true,
as they ever were before. They
are the thin gray line, the remnant
of mighty army, against which no
other army Of equal size and
strength could ever stand. Four
long years tell the story of their
remarkable career. Six hundred
thousand was their number-three
millions the number of the vast
army against which they were hurl-
ed, until human strength could last
no longer, and they themselves
we're we'll nigh annihilated. These
old heroes know that Memphis
loves them and that Memphis will
take them to her heart.
There is not a true son of a Con-
federate soldier in all the South,
or wherever he may beto-day, whose
heart does not throb pride for his
fathers trials, and sufferings, and
struggles for constitutional liberty,
or whose soul does not fill with
gratitude for the proud heritage of
his fathers name!
Do not delay. Write at once to
the commander-in-chief for organ
ization papers.
By order of
BIsCOE HINDMAN,
Commander-in- Chief
J. ELLIOTT RIDDELL,
Adjutant-General, etc.
THE DOG LAW.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-05-03
SONS OF VETERANS.
General order No. by Blscos Hindman
Urges Organization "a once.

Alto 10 Jub cOmm0uuef-ln-ch
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Oulyafew
more weeks remain before the gath.
ering of the gray clad veterans in
the beautiful city of Memphis.
Let all sons join in strengthen
ing our camps already organized,
notwithstanding new eampsevery-
where.
A camp is entitled to one dele
gate to the reunion for every ten
members, but where a camp has
less than ten members it is entitled
to two delegates. The reunion Of
the sons will be held at the same
time as that of the veterans May
%, 20 and 30. Every facility will
be provided for the pleasure aud
comfort of all delegates by the good
people of Memphis.
l have just received the follow
ing communication from Bishop
Thomas +. Gailor, who is com
mandant of N. B. Forrest Camp,
No. 215, United Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans, at Memphis:
eve expectan attendance of over
Onehundred thousand visitors here,
which means visitor forevery man,
woman and child in Memphis. The
greatest efforts are being made to
properly take care of and entertain
our guests, and to this end, l adj
dress and invite you as Sons of
Veterans. In order that we may
intelligently and Systematically CO.
operate with you in the matter, may
/ ask that you fill out, sign and re-
turn attached blank to Louis NJ.
DeSaussure, chairman of the COM
mittee on information, as fully and
explicitly as possible.
"Please remember that an early
reply will not only very materially
aid us in our labors, but will enable
us to secure for you better accom-
modations than if your answer is
delayed"
A printed circular was also en-
closed, showing the rates and full
information for round trip tickets
to Memphisandreturn. The blank
to which Bishop Gailor refers can
be obtained by writing Chairman
DeSaussure or to w. A. Collier, jr.,
adjutant of the camp, while the
printed circular can be obtained
from Chairman Fred Orgill, trans
portation committee, Memphis.
Perhaps Memphis never has had
and may never have again such a
large number of brilliant and beau
tiful girls, who will represent the
most prominent and refined homes
of every State in the South. These
young ladies will be appointed
sponsors and maids of honor by the
various camps, and by the depart
ment, division and brigade COM
manders. Each camp can select a
sponsor and maid of honor to the
reunion.
On the bluff overlooking the
mighty Mississippi is now being
erected a gigantic reunion build
inc, at a cost Of $4,000, which will
be the most complete building OF
its kind in the country. In this
great building will be the reunion
post-ofice, sleeping quarters fol
1900 veterans, and hall for each
of the sixteen veteran division
headquarters 1t will also be useC
ON the first night for the review O.
the flower parade, when prizes viii
be awarded; and on the SECOND
~ Cou4b.rn Cross drill
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-03-13
us. The following is what was
proposed by them;
nGentinn 70. Provided, That

tOfAb neIbtOiOiO N~i''9
Cherokee nation, leases have been
made and sanctioned by the secre-
tarv of the interior and the con-
gress of the United States Tor the
purpose OF prospecting for OIL, and
posssession taken hereunder and
valuable improvements and wells
sunk for the development OF such
oil by SAID lessees or their assigns
which have resulted in the pro-
duction of oil in commercial quan-
titles. such leases are heFeby APP
proved and such parties in pos
session shall be given preference
in the making of new leases, In
compliance with the directions OF
the secretary of the interior. Pro-
vided, That the royalty which
shall become due under said
leases shall be paid if on unallot-
ted lands to the Cherokee nation,
if on allotted or selected lands
then the same shall be paid to the
allottee or to the member OF the
tribe who has made such selec-
ton. .
So you very readily see the
great difference between what
they proposed and desired and
what they got. AS it now stands,
the lease men have no more rights
than they could have if Section ~
was not in the agreement at all,
and Section 13 of the Curtis bill
did not exist, the only law relating
to leases would then be Section
2116 Revised States Of the United
States which in part provides;
4Section 2116. No purchase,
grant, lease. or other conveyance
Of lands, or Of any title or claim
thereto, from any Indian nation
or tribe OF Indians, shall be of any
validity in law or equity, unless
the same be made by treaty or
convention entered into pursuant
10 the constitution. Every person
who, not being employed under
the authority Of the United States,
attempts to negotiate such treaty
or convention, directly or Indirect
ly, or to treat with any such ma
tion or tribe of Indians for the
purchase OF any lands by them
held or claimed, is liable to a pen
atty or one thousand dollars"
Attorney General A FL. Garland
on October 14th, 1886, said in re-
gard to Indian leases;
advised that certain mining
leases -made by citizens OF the
Choctsw nation of Indians, In the
Indian Territory, and the Usage
Coal and Mining company, a Mis-
, souri, corporation for the mining OF
7 coal. etc., in said territory, are aot
such as may properly receive the
: approval of the secretary OF the
interior under existing laws. The
, inhibition contained in Section
} 2lI6 Revised Statutes, has the
: same application to individual In
t dians as it has to Indian nations
= and tribes"
) On July 2lst, 1885, the Attorney
S General said, in reference to lease
of Indian lands for grazing pur'
e poses;
f "There is no law empowering
the interior department to author
q ize the Indians to lease their land;
f for grazing purposes. Neither the
d president nor the secretary OF the
interior has authority to make
e lease, for such purposes, of any
r part of an Indian reservation; mol
d would their approval of any suct
i lease made by Indians render /
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-03-13
URGES RATIFICATION
And Threatens the enforcement OF
the Curtis Law With all its
Pandora's Box of Evils, Real
and Gmaglnary-A Pathetic
Appeal to Beloved Cherokees.

WASHINGTON, March s, 1901
Hon. 4. M. Burlington, Principal
Chief of Cherokee Nation, Vinita,
Indian Territory.
Dear Sir:-I am in receipt OF
your letter of the 3rd, and | un-
derstand from this letter as we'll
as from those | have received
from others on the subject, that
the voters of the Cherokee nation
look upon eection 70 of the Cher
okee agreement, as amended, with
awe and suspicion. While l re-
gret very much that this section is
in the treaty, l do not see much
cause for alarm by reason OF It's
being there. Certainly no one
fought more persistently and de-
terminedly to prevent leases from
being granted or covering the
homes of our people than / have
and nc one can be more watchiul
of any clause treating on this sub
ject.
The various companies who
represent the leases are strong aud
are composed OF men Of high po-
litical and social standing from
many parts Of the United States
and encouraged by people who
are citizens of our country and
some who have heretofore held
prominent offices of trust. These
companies have also employed
persons to represent them whose
standing and reputation permits
them to more ably presen- their
claims than we have ever been
able to present our opposition, and
YOU are the most competent wit
ness to the fact that considering
the great disadvantage at which
we we're placed we had indeed a
very lucky escape, for Section ~
only means this after all:
"That nothingin this act shall
be held or construed to change,
alter, modify, or impair, or ratliy,
confirm, recognize, or validate any
existing oil or coal rights hereto
fore acquired by lease, location, de-
velopment or otherwise.
Section II provides that nc
leases shall be granted under the
authority of the Curtis act or any
other act of congress. l do moi
believe that any of the lease hold
ers have vested or equitable rights
bat if they have, an act of congress
could not take them away ano
neither could an agreement made
exparte do so and the people o
the Cherokee nation can better al
ford to defend themselves before
the courts than to take chances o
leases being granted under seeticr
13 of the Curtis act.
Section 70 did 40 more suit th'
lease people at first than it nov
does Us, hut now understand
they are going to claim it Is jus
what they wanted in order tha
they might defeat the treaty AM
again have a chancs to embarras
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20

trio contrivances about the doors and
windows Of his home. Intruders who
would come in contact with them would
be hurt.
Detectives Haudt, Clifford and Con-
ners We're sent from the Pinkerton Of
flee in New York. They are now regis
tered at the Central hotel in Orange.
Every day these detectives are to be
found near the Dearborn Morgan school,
where the two Edison children are
scholars. To guard against any hold-up
on the road an armed guard now sits be-
side the driver who takes them to and
from school.
Similar precautions are taken to pro-
tect Paul Smith. The boy seldom leaves
the house, and his mother is in state
of fright bordering on panic.
Mrs. Edison was much worried over
the threat to steal her daughter. She
came into New York yesterday, and be-
fore boarding the train said:
II have hoped that there is nothing In
this threat to kidnap Madeline. l have
been trying not to take it seriously"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20
LITTLE BUT MIGHTY.
Astonishing Feats Of Strength Of the
Pirate Of the Insect World.

Astonishing Feats OF strength OF inc
Pirate Of the Insect World.
The common hea leads the insect
world In all kinds of bloody in
stincts-thirst for blood, rapacity. cruel"
~. He is, further, as ingenious in de-
visng tortures as he is untiring in the
torment of his victims.
The flea is built upon lines that make
him forever hungry. But his continuous
performance appetite is far from being
the oldest thing about him. Proportion
ately to size he is the Samson Of the uni
verse. If an elephant had the same rela-
tive strength he would come near to
overseeing a steel-framed skyscraper. :.
A flea, wingless, with a body out OF all
proportion to his head, and all over less
than the sixteenth Of an inch In length
will leap upon a plane surface more than
a yard. This too. when he has been
Matched in hair. or straw, or sand, ana
never known what it was to have full
meal. More marvellous still. he Will
spring perpendicularly upward from one
to two feet. Fancy a man or boy stand
ing fiat-footed and all of sudden leap
ing over church spire
Wonderful things have been done with
aeas. They have been put into gold co...
lars and set to drag about lengths of gold
chain at least one hundred times their
own weight. Further, an ingenious gold
smith back in the leisurely seventeenth
century made a coach and four In ivory
and gold, with . coachman on the DOE
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20

r HESE little ones are representa-
tives of the younger generation Of
Butte-the children who are grow
ing up to take the places of their
elders whose lives they make bright by
their presence in the homes of Butte.
Young as they are some Of them We're
born outside of Montana. They are
Montana girls by adoption, but Mon
tana girls just the same.
Just TO walk through the streets o.:
Butte and look for pretty children would
discourage the seeker. Very seldom are
the little ones of Butte seen walking its
thoroughfares unless on the way to take
the cars for an outing, and then
nearly always accompanied by parents
or nurse.
Go out on the West Side, however,
and YOU Will see them by the dozens
rompng on their own or playmates'
lawn. 1t is not necessary to laugh at
the word lawn, for on the West Side are
some very handsome lawns and flower
gardens. The pretty children are not by
any means confined to the West Side.
You will find them in South Butte, East
Butte. Walkerville, Centerville and
Meaderville; in fact, they are as the
flowers of the field elsewhere.
There is, in fact, an embarrassment
OF riches. 1t is difficult to make selec-
ton from the little ones, for in begin
ming collection to delight the readers
of the Inter Mountain so many were dis
covered that it was decided to run
series of them from time to time. There
is no feature OF the paper which has
been more warmly praised than the chill
drens page.
The pictures are so faithfully repro
duced that many children have been
spoken to in church and at Columbia
Gardens by people who saw the chit
dren's faces in the Inter Mountain.
Little Paul Daum and his mother We're
standing in front of the Chequamegon
restaurant when a gentleman APP
preached them and, raising his hat,
spoke to Paul. This is of frequent oc-
currence, he is such a handsome child,
but this admirer commenced by asking:
Did l not see your picture in the
Inter Mountain, young man?'
Which question greatly pleased both
Pau and his mother, Mrs. A. J. Daum.
Out at Columbia Gardens is a good
Zoo. The animals are a never-ending
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20

position and outriders, yet all so tidy
it was dragged by pair of fleas, work.
ing in gold collars. They worked under
a bell glass, and We're exhibited in Lon
don and Paris.
To fight like cats and dogs is the SYM
onym of continuing strife, but even cats
and dogs do not fight so bitterly as cat
fleas and dog fleas. Oddly enough. the
cat fleas are bigger than the dog fleas,
so should be always victors. But here
as elsewhere conditions tells. If the cat
fleas are lazy and luxurious-fat they
can never grow-the small, lean, keen
beaked dog feas kill them out.
A flea's beak is sharp and hard, some
thing like birds only more pointed. A
flea bite is not poisonous, save and ex-
cept in rare cases where flea has pre-
viously been biting infected tissue. Ger
tain French scientists have shown that
both fleas and bed bugs could thus carry
tubercular infection. Further, rats and
rat fieas are greatly dreaded as helping
to spread the fearful bubonic plague.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20
Kent His Word.

The following anecdote is sent to the
London Mail by an officer serving In the
Transvaal. where 1t has gone the rounds
of the camps. It usually lacks official
confirmation, but, happily, this does not
affect its merits as a story: They tell
a story of Botha and Kitchener's meet
ing about terms OF peace last week. At
the end Botha said: Well, must be go
ing Kitchener replied: No hurry; you
haven't got to catch a train. But that's
just what I have got to do said Botha.
And two days afterward train was held
up and looted on the Delagoa line. but
very far from the place OF meeting"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20

The letter was signed Remember" It
was printed in red ink with stamps and
was evidently done by someone not IA
miliar with the use of the stamps. It
was on cheap yellow paper The en->
velope showed that the letter had been
posted in Orange that morning at
O'clock
Chief Hopper did not believe the letter
was written by a joker or by crank.
He communicated with Captain of Police
Daniel Leary of Orange and Chief of De-
tectives Draybell, also Of Orange. He
then communicated with Captain Titus
of the New York detective bureau, and
with the head of the police departments
in all of the South Jersey towns.
When Captain Leary and Detective
Draybell returned to Orange they were
notified that j. Warren Smith wanted to
see them at once. From Smith they
learned that he. too, had received
threatening letted from the kidnapers.
The letter was worded in much the
same manner as the letter to Mr.. Edison.
He was ordered to place $4,000 in gold in
bag and deposit it in the rear Of the
hospital on Wednesday night. Mr..
Smiths letter was also printed with the
stamp letters and was in red ink and on
yellow paper.
Mr.. Smiths letter had been mailed at
the same time and place that Mr.. Edi-
sons letter had been mailed. 1t was
brought into his bank at 1890 o'clock. On
receiving it Mr.. Smith hurried home at
| once. He had gone to the Orange
| mountains to gather wild flowers. Mr..
| Smith did not tell his wife of the letter
! until the boy returned home late in the
| afternoon. He then caut oned his SON
| not to go away from home late in the
| afternoon unless he was accompanied.
| and to scream should he be addressed by
| strangers on the street. He also ar
ranged to have the boy constantly under
| guard.
| Captain I.eary found that stamps SINH
lar to the ones used in printing the let
tiers had been purchased in Orange by
foreigner. In no way. however, could
| he connect the foreigner with writing the
letters or with being in league with a
gang of kidnapers.
Mr. Edisons favolite child Is the little
Madeline. Fearing that the kidnapers
| would carry out their threat. he employ
ed Pinkelton detectives to run down the
kidnapping gang and to keep a constant
watch on his children, Charles and Made
line. He also employed an extra watch
man to guard his house at night, fear
ing that the kidnapers might break into
the house and steal his daughter while
he was asleep. 1t is said also that the
inventor placed the most intricate elec'
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-20
AFTER LITTLE MISS EDISON
The Inventors 12-Year Old Daughter
Is Guarded Day and Night.

Madeline Edison, the 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is
closely guarded night and day at her
ia hers home in Llewellyn Park, N. j..
for fear that she will be stolen by kid
ma GERS.
Paul Smith, the 15-year-old son of ].
Warren Smith, cashier of the Orange Ma
lional hank, is also marked by the kid
napers and is closely under guard.
The athers of both these children have
received threatening letters demanding
large sums of money Failure to pay the
kidnapers say, will result in the stealing
of the two children and to personal harm
to the fathers.
The threats made to Mr.. Edison and
Mr.. Smith We're at first thought to be the
rawlings of some crank or practical joker.
but investigation made by the police and
Pinkerton detectives have brought to
light the fact that the children were
really marked by the kidnapers and that
only the closest watch has saved them
from being stolen.
To add to the suspicion Of the police,
the letters received by both fathers were
cOuched in much the same language as
the letter received by Mr.. Cudahy when
his son was stolen by the Omaha band of
kidnapers. 1t is conceded there is more
than one man connected with the plot.
One man, who is well known in Orange
and who formerly lived near the Smiths.
is suspected of having written the let
tes Several years ago he came into
possession of money. Where he got the
money has never been determined. He
has always been regarded as mysterious.
He made no friends and has few ac-
uuaintances.
Eoth letters were received by the faith
.ers of the children on Monday, May s. al
noon. Mr. Edison. on receipt of the let
ter, laughed and said that some one was
playing a practical joke. The letter de-
mandeG that Mr.. Edison place $4,000 in
god in a bag and deposit it behind the
hospital on Wednesday night. 1t added
that any attempt ON his part to frustrate
the writer would result surely in the kid
mapping of his child and in violence t.
himself.
Because OF the well spelled and wordef
letter, Mr. Edison thought it safer t.
communicate with his attorney. Mr.
HAYES Of Newark. He took the letter t.
M. Hayes. The latter saw the serious
MSS OF It and at once called Chief of Pc
he Hopper OF Newark into consultation
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very sweetly when the spirit moves h ar.
Johanna F. Grigg is the only daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. Thomas A. Grigg and
the light Of their home. She Is a pic.
turesque little blonde, with a sunny dis
position, and as musical as can be. She
is very self-possessed, and can entertain
callers as we'll as her mother. She was
s years old last October.
Anita Kroger, eldest child of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Kroger. is a dainty
little blonde, with blue eyes and golden
curls and transparent complexion. Sh..
is a native daughter of Butte and is re-
is a native daughter of ute and is a re-
markable child in many ways, not only
on account Of her beauty, but her mu-
steal ability and general precocity. She
is only 6 years old, but young as she Is,
when she hears any music, an opera
even, she will go home and sing entire
airs correctly, supplying words to suit
her as she goes along.
Ruth Davis, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Davis, is a very handsome child
one that is singled out for the admirA-
ton of friends and strangers. She is one
of those children that are invariably
designated as Sweet" and that is just
what she is. Even temper and charming
manners make her general favor:ie
with the children of the West Side.
Lurena Crossman is the bright 5-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin A.
Crossman of 521 West Silver street. She
was born in Iowa, but went with ser
parents to Walla Walla, Washington,
where she lived a year or two before
coming to Butte. Mr.. Crossman.i is coun-
ty auditor and is very much attached
to his little girl.