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The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21
COMING CONvENTI0
At Muskogee Creates New Inter
est in Question, and Strenu-
ous Efforts VIII be Made
To Obtain the Needed
Legislation.

The approaching single state
hood convention at Muskogee has
aroused intense Interest IN the
cause throughout the territory.
Every ham'ee 10 suu'ns us Vo'oe
IN me general cry iof poi'''cA'
freedom, ana 'ne resultant com
mercIai developments.
The following letter received
from W. .. Maioney' oi D'aelaoAs'.
is a characteristic expression %
sentiment In fegara " 'ne most ",
tai question before me peop'e u
the indian territory 'ouay-
EDITOR OHihfTAiN.
Sir;-l VISA 10 "fi'e "ho'nei 'o'-
ter on the s'a'enooo queshon' as -
seems mat tnis 10 becoming 0ne -
the most ieaoing questions " 'no
day In THIS territory anu oA'anoina'
read In oslutuay Daiiy on'o'
tain The in'ersie" WIN some u '"s
prominent citizens OF 'ini'a' anu
must say 'na' VI rla1e0 s0'0ea
my sentiments ABOUT as "e'' 40 "
had Haid IL.
Two years ago "io'e =" "i"0i'
lot 'ne Dai'y ehie''a'n a''oe""
single s'a'enoou' anu - ""' soP'ee
oy some oi tue 'eii''oiy P~P0,''
yet eVeryoouy ~ 'n's p'i' " -"
country was opposeo " '"e w"
took on 'ne suoJec'' as 'af - :
Know so !, 'ne'e'o'e' o'A'n '"o
dis'incuon o' oe'ns 'no n's' 1na"
IN TINS part OF me 'siii'oiy " pOs-
hcaiiy advocate sinsie s'a'e'ooo'
can 10" cay 'n"' "' o" -
TINS question pave no' o""'sso :"
the least. J" r. h"iSe'i s"ys s"e
OKianoma 'nueo's"''sss = """'
ne oojec's 70 10" =, ny "s"
TINS II the "niy ioe,e"i :" u"'s"'
10 oe advanced. Ae' "N''s
ADMIT mat oAianoanA nas '''
toriai Indebtedness % oFe' ""e
million collars which, u 00u's
would oecome me 'n"so'eu''es' =
the ne" state yei wn''s "e '1No
into consideration 'na' oaia"o''a
Is . nne new country anu na7 -
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

In anaeLiia and most women's all
ments the digestion Is weak, the
making OF color, flesh and strength
out OF food, is imperfect 20 that the
patient Is weak, wan, nervous aud
dyspeptic. This condition can be cor
rected by taking course OF Heroine.
Price, soc, al Peoples drug store. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

zen who can possibly attend TO as
sist in their selection. The meet
ing will be called to order promptly
At s o'clock.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

A millionaire appetite with scant
income, has made many a dyspeptic.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will cute
dyspepsia. Sold by Peoples drug
store DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

Dr. Frazee is the star boarder at the
Cobb house. Yesterday he concluded
an even decade as guest Of the
hou~p
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

Frisco Mill Co.'S whole wheat -four
Is the best that can be made, because
IL j. made OF the very best wheat by
the latest improves machinery. II
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

John Warren came 10 from the
west last evening and returned 20 his
home at Adalr on The evening train.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

There are thousands of people suf-
fering untold torture from piles, be-
cause or the popular impression that
they cannot he cured. TaOler's
Buckeye Pile Ointment viii cure
them and the patient will remain
cured. Price, SOC in bottles. Tubes,
s5c. at Peoples Drug Store. DIV
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

Try Ralston's Health Food at ze-
nos. It's just what you need for
breakfast these mornings.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

+. Il. Neville came home last night
from near Sallisaw and other points
where he has been doing some collect
fuv.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Chandler re-
turned from a visit to Muskogee last
night.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-21

What cures and keeps y0u free from
sick hcadacheg Why DR.. Caldwellfs
syrup Pepsin. Sold BY Peoples drug
store. DIV
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
Electricity and a Sermon.

Mount Vernon, N. Y. May 90
The Rev. G. II. Tindall, of the
Dutch Reformed Church last night
illustrated his sermon on "Wire-
less Telegraphy and Its Spiritual
Similitudes" by means of n COM
plete wireless telegraph system set
up in the pulpit. The minister is
an amateur electrician. He set up
the receiver and transmitter, join
ing each part of the system in or
der and finally when all connec-
tions were made, sent a message
which was clicked out on a bell.
After this demonstration he said:
"This seems to me striking H.
lustration of how mems hearts are
transformed from their resistance
to God. When God breaks down
their resistance they become in
struments and conductors of his
tenderness and love"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
Good Roads and Free De.
livery.

Superintendent Machen, of the
free delivery postal service, is
quoted as having said the follow.
ing: "The rural free delivery is
now an assured permanent and ex-
panding branch of a postal system
which is so rapidly developing un-
der trained and skillful guidance
that any conclusion applicable
thereto may be considered within
reason. The public benefits oc-
curing from the service are many
and ramified. Good roads are a
condition precedent to the estab-
lishment of a route. Creeks and
streams must be bridged. The
highways must be kept in perma-
nent repair. a community denied
mail delivery for the reason that
its roads are unfit and its bridges
insecure will at once set about to
place its thorofares in good repair
and keep them so. The great
problem of good roads is thus
happily solved with one stroke of
the Postmaster Generals pen
when he authorizes the establish
ment of routes, and the roads in
some sections of the States where
the system has been establish ed
have been wonderfully improved,
to the decided betterment of the
farmer and the entire community.
This spring by reason of bad roads
we have been occasionally obliged
to abandon trips on every route in
the west. We have notified those
communities that unless the roads
are kept in such perfect order that
this years experience will not be
repeated the service will be dis
continued, as it will be. Advo-
Gates of good roads will thoroly
appreciate the meaning of this Or
der, as will also the communities
want it. 1t means, briefly, good
roads, or no rural free delivery" 5
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
w. d. johnson Dead.

T." furnishes the following for
the press regarding the death of a
good man:
w. ID. johnson, one of the larg-
est men in this section of Missou-
ri, died at his home, five miles
southeast of Mexico, Wednesday
about II O'Clock. He had been
i'll for some time with dropsy and
Bright's disease and his death was
not unexpected. He knew his
end was near and instructed his
family accordingly.
The deceased had been married
three times, his first and second
wives being dead. He leaves a
widow and six children, to wit:
Silas, Sherman and Isaac johnson,
of Kansas City; William Johnson,
of near Centralia; Herbert John
son, who resides at the home place,
and Mrs. Cora Todd, of Kansas
City. Mr.. johnson was one of
the most devout Christians and
temperance advocates in Missouri.
The people who knew him best
seemed to appreciate him most.
He was very poor in this world S
goods, but rich towards God. He
was beloved and honOred for his
Christian virtues-patient, long
suffering and kind. His end was
as calm and peaceful as the falling
asleep of little child. He called
it going home to glory"
The funeral services were con-
Quoted by Rev, Harrison Fox.
The remains were laid to rest in
the Lockridge cemetery.
Mr.. Johnson's normal weight
was about 335 pounds, but during
his illness he became very much
larger and heavier. The coffin
was so large it would not go into
the house and it was necessary to
carry the remains out into the
yard and place them in the casket,
Mr.. johnson will he greatly
missed by his many friends and
relatives, While it is hard for his
family to give him up they realize
that he is much better off thar
when alive in his abnormal size
and they sorrow not as those with
out hope.
"How happy are the saints above
Who once went sorrowing here,
But now they taste unmingled low,
| And JOY without a tear"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
SHE "OBEYS."
But She HeSitated to Prom
iSe 1t.

In telling about "Some People
Have Married." III the Ladies'
Home Journal for June, the Rev.
ID. NJ. Steele says: Being an
Episcopalian l always use the for
NAL printed service of the Prayer.
Book. In this the greatest stick
Ter is obey One day a couple
came to me, bringing as witnesses
the parents of both bride and
groom. Everything proceeded
smoothly to the point love, honor
and obey when the bride refused
to say the last. ! repeated it and
waited. Again she refused, and
shut up my book. Then there
was scene. They talked it over,
and the more seriously they ar
gued and discussed the more
stubbOrnly she refused. The pa
rents became angry, the groom ex-
cited, and the bride hysterical. To
humor her he joined in the request
to have me leave it out. But
liked the fellow and decided that a
little firmness from me in the pres.
ent might be a favor to him in the
future. So l told them | had nc
authority to change it and would
not do so. | tried to show the
foolishness of her objection, but il
was no use. Finally, | said to
him; Well, this household must
have a head somewhere. | viii
leave it out for her if you will say
it, Then it was his time to re
fuse, which he did. He gathered
up his hat and started for the dool
when, presto change! she spranl
after him, led him back by tn,
hand, looked meekly up at hin
and said it,"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
$4,000 For A Hereford.

Chicago, May %. A record was
established in the combination sale
of Hereford cattle at the Union
stock yards yesterday, when John
Hooker of New London, O., sold
the 9-year-old Hereford COW Dolly
II, with heifer calf at her side, for
So, 1000. The purchaser was n. w.
Bowen of Delphi, Ind. The sire of
the calf, catalogued Ike, sold for
81 POO. Maplewood II, a cow, sold
for 81 900, and three others sold for
81 900 each. During the two days
sales 80 animals sold for $33, ,62O,
an average of $343. Sixty-six cows
sold at an average of $40, and
thirty-two bulls sold at an average
of $2O5.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
GOV. TANNER 4
DEAD. ,

Springfield, H., May 23,-Ex-
Governor John Riley Tanner died
suddenly at 2:45 O'Clock this af-
tcrnOon at the Leland hotel Of
rheumatism Of the heart.
John X. Tanner was elected
governor Of Illinois in 1897 and
served until this year. He was
called the anti-corporation gov.
ernor. He was a republican.
Just after the civil war Tanner
lived in Stanford county and was
a wild young man. In May, 1867,
he and Thomas Erskine, his
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
A Tribute to the Cow.

AT the opening of the great
Wornall-Robbins' Shorthorn sale,
held at Kansas City recently, Col.
Woods, the auctioneer, paid the
following beautiful tribute to the
cow:
"Grand and noble brute; of all
Gods animal gifts to man, she
is the greatest. To her we owe
the most. Examine into all the
different ramifications and chan
nels of our commerce into which
she enters, and note the result
should she be blotted out. A Sun
day stiffness would then pervade
the great stock yard industries of
our large cities and grass would
grow in the street. Seventy-five
per cent of the great freight trains
that plow the continent from ocean
to ocean would sidetrack, for there
would be nothing for them to do.
Fully 90 per cent of the laborers
of America would draw no pay on
Saturday night and our tables
would be bare of the great est lux
uries with which they are loaded
The great western plains that she
has made to blossom, financially,
like the rose, would revert to the
Indian, from whence they came,
and millions of prosperous homes
would be destroyed.
None other like the COW; there
is not thing from nose to tail but
what is utilized for the use of man
We use her horns to comb our
hair; her hair keeps the plaster on
our walls; her skin is on our feet
and our horses backs; her hoofs
are made into glue; her tail makes
soup; she gives our milk, our
cream, our cheese, our butter, and
her flesh is the great meat of all
nations. Her blood is used to
make our sugar white, and her
bones, when ground, make the
greatest fertilizer, and even her
paunch, she herself has put thru
the first chemical process, il used
for the manufacture of the best
white board paper and it has been
discovered that that paper is the
most lasting material for the man
ufacture of false teeth. No other
animal works for man both day
and night by day she gathers the
food and when we are asleep at
night she brings it back to re-chew
anu man IluluCluIt llliD All INC lllluRs
of which speak. She has gone
with man from Plymouth Rock to
the setting sun; it was her sons
that broke the first sod in the set.
tiers clearing, it was her sons that
drew the prairie schooner for the
sturdy pioneers, as inch by inch
they fought to prove that West
ward the star Of empire takes its
way and the old cow grazed a
long behind; and when the day $
march was done she came and
gave the milk to fill the mother s
breast to feed the sue king babe
that was, perchance, to become
the future ruler of his country.
"WhO says that what we are, W,
do not owe to mans best friend
the Govt Treat her kindly, gent
ly, for without her-words fail me
to describe"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

The Centralia Courier says that
j. W. Fox, of the Skinner neigh
borhood, is circulating a petition
asking for a free mail delivery
route running east from Centralia
to Skinner and return by way of
Naylor school house. It's over
one of the best roads in the State
and thru as fine a bit of Audrain
soil as a crow ever flew over.
With the Courier here's hoping
too that the postoffice department
will establish the route at the ear
liest possible date.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
Hardin Cooking Class.

Hardin College has cooking
class. a part of each week is de-
voted to the scientific study of
foods and their preparation Tor the
daily meal. Each member of the
class takes a deep interest in her
work. She believes that cooking
is a womanly art, not drudge.
The st. Louis Republic printed
a picture Of the class last Sunday.
Their names are; Misses Marcia
McKennon, of Clarksyillc, Ark
Emma Fuller Of Bethany, Mo,
Macy Morris, Of Ironton, Mo. May
Gay, of lronton, Mo, Jaunita Me-
Kennon, of Clarksville, Ark, Lin.
ME Allison, teacher, of Mexico,
Mo, Kate Slagle of Smith Center,
Kas., and Pearl Smith, of Will
Jamestown, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
Ate an Octopus.

Lawrence, Kas., May %. Gen
eral Frederick Funston and his
followers on their trip to capture
Aguinaldo were reduced to a diet
of snails and octopus, according
to a letter dated San Isidro, Phil
ippine Islands, April 5, and receiv-
ed from the Kansan by Captain
Agna q. Clark of Lawrence today.
ut was one of the very hardest
tramps have ever taken and tried
us to the limit" says General Fun
ston. He spoke of passing them
selves off as prisoners of the Fill
pinos and of the lack of food, and
says:
1T is a CALLING thing for man
who has been brought up in Kan
sas to come down to a diet of rice
and snails and be yanked along
over the rocks at the rate of fifteen
miles a day. | did one thing,
however, which | want put to my
credit III ease | should come back
to Kansas and try to break into
politics: helped eat an octopus
1t was the real thing, a devil-fish
with a number of arms, each about
eighteen inches long, which we
were fortunate enough to get
where it had been left in shallow
water at low tide
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
OIL, BY Gum!

This rather amusing item from
the Martinsburg Enterprise:
There is an old well south of the
depot here that was dug a good
many years ago for water to be
used in an engine for running a
n-sheller and a set of burrs that
were in an old elevator near by.
Later the elevator was destroyed by
fire and the old well abandoned and
covered over with boards and for a
time forgotten. The oil excite.
ment hereabouts at present having
replaced every other thought in the
minds of large element of our
citizens, visions of great gushers
and millions of wealth disturbed
their dreams. The old well was
again thought of and an impromtu
company organized to prospect for
oil. The old well was uncovered,
bottle secured by a string was
dropped in and when filled hauled
to the surface by trembling hands.
First they each smelled of it, then
they tasted it, and, by gum! all
swore it was-coal oil, evidently
poured in by some practical joker.
Silently and with far-away
look overshadowing their counte-
nances, each sought the seclusion
of his home mentally exclaiming,
ut might have been!"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

We often see illusions to the
Louisiana Purchase" but not
everybody knows just what terri
tory is included in it. The PROV
ince of Louisiana was ceded by
France to United States in 1903.
1t includes Louisiana, Arkansas,
Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota a
long the Mississippi. Adjoining
these on the west, Indian Terrific
ry, the eastern part of Oklahoma,
all of Kansas except the southwest
corner, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana, three
fourths of Wyoming, "A large part
of Colorado, Idaho, Washington
and Oregon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

The Centralia Courier says that
j. w. Fox, of the Skinner neigh
borhood, is circulating a petition
asking for a free mail delivery
route running east from Centralia
to Skinner and return by way of
NaylOr school house. It's over
one of the best roads in the state
and thru as fine bit of Audrain
soil as crow ever flew over.
Here's hoping that the post Office
will establish the route in the near
future.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

Two drops of blood from the
body of Abraham Lincoln were
given to the Kansas State Histor-
ical Society a few days ago by Y.
ID. Bancroft of Kansas City, Kan
sas. Mr.. Bancroft was in Ford s
theatre on the night of the assas-
sination and saw the president
shot. His blood bespattered some
theatre programs, and Mr.. Ban
croft secured one of them. The
bloodstains are brown and faded
like old ink, but are perfectly plain
and one may see on the paper lit
lie sprays Of blood that broke from
the large drops and stained the
paper.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

Ex-Governor and National Com
mitteeman William Joel Stone,
says the st. Louis Chronicle, does
not believe silver will be an issue
in the next national campaign. He
is of the opinion that William Jen-
nings Bryan meant what he said
when he stated that he would not
be a candidate for the Presidency
again, except under grave party
necessity. And Ex-Governor Stone
holds with Bryan, that an effort is
being made to reorganize the par
ty. Ex-Gov. Stone has no idea
this effort will be successful.
In his Jackson Day speech at
Kansas City last January Gov.
Stone thus dwelt on this effort.
"It comes from men who desert.
ed, if they did not betray, the par
ty in at least two of the most stu.
pendous and momentous conflicts
in which it has ever engaged, anG
it contemplates not only the exalt'
alton into places of party leader
ship of those who skulked, anG
those who fought openly in the
ranks of the enemy, but contem'
plates also the humiliation and re-
tirement of those who stood loyal
ly by the party flag, took the haz-
ard and bore the brunt of battle,
and upon whose swords and gar
ments there are today no stains of
party treason or treachery. a
proposal of this kind, coming
from this quarter, will not, in my
opinion, be kindly received; but,
on the contrary, will be treated as
it ought to be, by great majority
of the party with resentment and
disdain."
Gov. Stone says his views
today on the would-be reorganizers
are what they were in January.
"What are the symptoms of thi,
plot to gain control of the Demo.
cratic party, as you see themH"
"Well, editorials in papers tina
opposed us in 1896 and in 1900,
the fight in Illinois over the com,
mittee organization, and n general
movement among those who OPP
posed the party in 1896 and 1906
to control the committees, conven-
tions, nominations. etc. Right
here in st. Louis resolution say
ing i'll effect that only Democrats
should be nominated on a Demo
cratic ticket was refused consider,
alton. | didn't interpret the Chi
cago election that way. But things
have gone on all over the country
that indicate it. think there is
no doubt of this purpose"
President Mckinley said, and
now Mark Hanna says, that Mis-,
souri, and possibly Illinois will be
the battle ground of 1904"
Maybe Missouri will be II bat
tie ground. If those who have
been in the councils of the Repub
lican party and have opposed De
mocracy for the past six years OF
more should succeed in getting
control of the party, which dc
not think probable or even posi-
Bile, Missouri might become bat
tie ground. If these whilom allie.
of the Republicans should not at
tempt this, or should fail, ahd tn,
Samp mon oru left i'm rnntrpl nf th,
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
Those Audrain Boys.

Following quoted from the Van
dalia Leader:
Those two Audrain county boys,
William Nardin, of Vandalia, and
Walter Burch, of Laddonia, stu.
dents of the State University, may
well feel proud of the distinction
won in debate with Nebraska Uni.
versity students. 1t is the third
time Missouri has distinguished
herself and everyone has his hal
off to the Audrain boys.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

j. l.. Hixon, j. X. Shell and f.
ID. Webber, of Lick Creek, were in
Mexico last Saturday buying COW
peas for seed. All three of these
gentlemen have experimental in
the growing of this pea and they
think it the greatest restorer of the
soil they have ever heard of. Mr..
Shell will SOW 80 acres this year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30

The "heel fly is n new pest to
cattle down in Oklahoma. The
fly buzzes swiftly along close to
the ground until he catches sight
of an old COW, a sprightly heifer
or a playful calf, and then, with
lightning-like speed, strikes the
animal on the heel at the tendcrest
spot. This is followed always by
a rise in beef. There is a rush
for water, as the COW cannot switch
the fly from her heel. Often cat
tie go into boggy pools to escape
the fly, where they mire down and
die.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-30
Once Lived i'm a Hut In
Missouri.

brother-in-law, quarrelcd over n
woman and Erskinc threw an AK
at Tanner. The latter drew n
pistol and shot Erskine dead.
Then he fled to Arkansas aud later
to Missouri, where he lived in Il
hut near Poplar Bluff for Il year.
He was then arrested, found guilty
of manslaughter and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary.
After four months in Jail he was
granted new trial and released
under bonds. On the second triai
he was acquitted,